Nature

O winter! wilt thou never, never go?

by David Gray 1838–1861

From The Luggie and Other Poems (1862)

Nature

O winter! wilt thou never, never go?
O summer! but I weary for thy coming;
Longing once more to hear the Luggie flow,
And frugal bees laboriously humming.
Now, the east wind diseases the infirm,
And I must crouch in corners from rough weather.
Sometimes a winter sunset is a charm —
When the fired clouds, compacted, blaze together,
And the large sun dips, red, behind the hills.
I, from my window, can behold this pleasure;
And the eternal moon, what time she fills
Her orb with argent, treading a soft measure,
With queenly motion of a bridal mood,
Through the white spaces of infinitude.

MLA

Gray, David. “O winter! wilt thou never, never go?” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/gray_d/3/.

Chicago

Gray, David. “O winter! wilt thou never, never go?” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/gray_d/3/.

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