Nature
The Year's Minstrelsy
From The Poems of William Watson (1893)
Nature
Spring, the low prelude of a lordlier song:
Summer, a music without hint of death:
Autumn, a cadence lingeringly long:
Winter, a pause;--the Minstrel-Year takes breath.
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Watson, William. “The Year's Minstrelsy.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/watson/99/.
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Watson, William. “The Year's Minstrelsy.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/watson/99/.
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