Classic and Contemporary Poetry
UPON NEW YEAR'S EVE, by ARTHUR THOMAS QUILLER-COUCH Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Now winds of winter glue Last Line: Sit unafraid. Alternate Author Name(s): Q; Quiller-couch, A. T. Subject(s): Holidays; Marriage; New Year; Spring; Weddings; Husbands; Wives | ||||||||
NOW winds of winter glue Their tears upon the thorn, And earth has voices few, And those forlorn. And 'tis our solemn night When maidens sand the porch, And play at Jack's Alight With burning torch, Or cards, or Kiss i' the Ring While ashen fagots blaze, And late wassailers sing In miry ways. Then, dear my wife, be blithe To bid the New Year hail, And welcomeplough, drill, scythe, And jolly flail. For though the snows he'll shake Of winter from his head, To settle, flake by flake, On ours instead; Yet we be wreathèd green Beyond his blight or chill, Who kissed at seventeen, And worship still. We know not what he'll bring: But this we know to-night He doth prepare the Spring For our delight. With birds he'll comfort us, With blossoms, balms, and bees, With brooks, and odorous Wild breath o' the breeze. Come then, O festal prime! With sweets thy bosom fill, And dance it, dripping thyme, On Lantick hill. West wind, awake! and comb Our garden, blade from blade We, in our little home, Sit unafraid. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A BLESSING FOR A WEDDING by JANE HIRSHFIELD A SUITE FOR MARRIAGE by DAVID IGNATOW ADVICE TO HER SON ON MARRIAGE by MARY BARBER THE RABBI'S SON-IN-LAW by SABINE BARING-GOULD KISSING AGAIN by DORIANNE LAUX A TIME PAST by DENISE LEVERTOV SAGE COUNSEL by ARTHUR THOMAS QUILLER-COUCH |
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