LADY, wouldst thou heiress be To Winter's cold and cruel part? When he sets the rivers free, Thou dost still lock up thy heart; -- Thou that shouldst outlast the snow, But in the whiteness of thy brow. Scorn and cold neglect are made For winter gloom and winter wind, But thou wilt wrong the summer air, Breathing it to words unkind, -- Breath which only should belong To love, to sunlight, and to song! When the little buds unclose, Red, and white, and pied, and blue, And that virgin flow'r, the rose, Opes her heart to hold the dew, Wilt thou lock thy bosom up With no jewel in its cup? Let not cold December sit Thus in Love's peculiar throne: Brooklets are not prison'd now, But crystal frosts are all agone, And that which hangs upon the spray, It is no snow, but flow'r of May! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BUNKER HILL by GEORGE HENRY CALVERT THE BRIDGE BUILDER by WILL ALLEN DROMGOOLE JOHN BROWN'S BODY by CHARLES SPRAGUE HALL THE VICAR by WINTHROP MACKWORTH PRAED BOX-CAR LETTERS by KARLE WILSON BAKER ON A PICTURE by ANNE CHARLOTTE LYNCH BOTTA ABER STATIONS: STATIO QUARTA by THOMAS EDWARD BROWN ATTACH TO ALPHONSO FERRABOSCO'S 'AIRS': TO THE WORTHY AUTHOR by THOMAS CAMPION |