Nature
The Apple-Tree
From Sonnets and Songs (1905)
Nature
The apple-tree is white with snow,
My heart is empty as the day;
The white hours indolently go
Graveward, because my love's away.
Months lag, then spring and love's return--
Yet once again I seem to see,
Flushed with delight, as kisses burn,
White snow upon the apple-tree.
Cite this poem
MLA
Whitney, Helen Hay. “The Apple-Tree.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/whitney_hh/85/.
Chicago
Whitney, Helen Hay. “The Apple-Tree.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/whitney_hh/85/.
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