Nature
The Sleep of Sigismund: XLI
From Poems by Jean Ingelow, In Two Volumes, Volume II.
Nature
Then come the long nights dark and still,
Then come the leaves and cover the sill,
Then come the swift flocks of the stare,
Then comes the snow--then comes the heir.
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Ingelow, Jean. “The Sleep of Sigismund: XLI.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/ingelow/82/.
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