Winter
I shallhave winter now and lessening days,Lit by a smoky sun with slanting rays,And after falling leaves, the first determined frost.The colors of the world will all be lost.So be it; the faint buzzing of the snowWill fill the empty boughs,And after sleet storms I shall wake to seeA glittering glassy plume of every tree.Nothing shall tempt me from my fire-lit house,And I shall find at night a friendly emberAnd make my life of what I can remember.
I shallhave winter now and lessening days,Lit by a smoky sun with slanting rays,And after falling leaves, the first determined frost.The colors of the world will all be lost.So be it; the faint buzzing of the snowWill fill the empty boughs,And after sleet storms I shall wake to seeA glittering glassy plume of every tree.Nothing shall tempt me from my fire-lit house,And I shall find at night a friendly emberAnd make my life of what I can remember.
I shallhave winter now and lessening days,Lit by a smoky sun with slanting rays,And after falling leaves, the first determined frost.The colors of the world will all be lost.So be it; the faint buzzing of the snowWill fill the empty boughs,And after sleet storms I shall wake to seeA glittering glassy plume of every tree.Nothing shall tempt me from my fire-lit house,And I shall find at night a friendly emberAnd make my life of what I can remember.
I shallhave winter now and lessening days,
Lit by a smoky sun with slanting rays,
And after falling leaves, the first determined frost.
The colors of the world will all be lost.
So be it; the faint buzzing of the snow
Will fill the empty boughs,
And after sleet storms I shall wake to see
A glittering glassy plume of every tree.
Nothing shall tempt me from my fire-lit house,
And I shall find at night a friendly ember
And make my life of what I can remember.