SO long a winter such an Arctic night! I had forgot that ever spring was bright: But hark! The blackbird's voice like a clear flame! So long a winter, such an age of chill, Made me forget this silver birch clad hill. But see, the newborn sunbeams put to shame Our long dead winter: bracken fronds like flame, Pierce the new morning's saffron-watered light. So long, so long the winter in our hearts, We had forgotten that old grief departs And had forgotten that our hands could meet. So long, so long: Remember our last May When there was sunshine still and every day New swallows skimmed low down along the street. Ay, spring shall come, but shall we ever meet With the old hearts in this forgotten way? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MIDSUMMER FROST (2) by ISAAC ROSENBERG TO THE AUTHOR OF 'THE ROBBERS' (SCHILLER) by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE NOVEMBER BLUE by ALICE MEYNELL A HOLIDAY by LIZETTE WOODWORTH REESE ODES: BOOK 2: ODE 6. TO WILLIAM HALL, ESQ., WITH THE WORKS OF CHAULIEU by MARK AKENSIDE A DEDICATION by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH CHRISTMAS AFTER WAR by KATHARINE LEE BATES |