Nature
Why
From The Little Book of Modern Verse (1913)
Nature
For a name unknown,
Whose fame unblown
Sleeps in the hills
For ever and aye;
For her who hears
The stir of the years
Go by on the wind
By night and day;
And heeds no thing
Of the needs of Spring,
Of Autumn's wonder
Or Winter's chill;
For one who sees
The great sun freeze,
As he wanders a-cold
From hill to hill;
And all her heart
Is a woven part
Of the flurry and drift
Of whirling snow;
For the sake of two
Sad eyes and true,
And the old, old love
So long ago.
Cite this poem
MLA
Carman, Bliss. “Why.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/carman/7/.
Chicago
Carman, Bliss. “Why.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/carman/7/.
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