XXVII WINTER HEN icicles hang by the wall WH And Dick the shepherd blows his nail, And Tom bears logs into the hall, And milk comes frozen home in pail ; Tuwhit! tuwhoo! A merry note! When all around the wind doth blow, And Marian's nose looks red and raw; When roasted crabs hiss in the bowl Then nightly sings the staring owl Tuwhoo! Tuwhit! tuwhoo! A merry note! While greasy Joan doth keel the pot. XXVIII W. Shakespeare `HAT time of year thou may'st in me behold THA When yellow leaves, or none, or few do hang Upon those boughs which shake against the cold, Bare ruin'd choirs, where late the sweet birds sang. In me thou seest the twilight of such day As after sunset fadeth in the west, Which by and by black night doth take away, In me thou seest the glowing of such fire, Consumed with that which it was nourish'd by: - This thou perceiv'st, which makes thy love more strong, To love that well which thou must leave erelong. W. Shakespeare WH XXIX REMEMBRANCE HEN to the sessions of sweet silent thought I sigh the lack of many a thing I sought, Then can I drown an eye, unused to flow, Then can I grieve at grievances foregone, -But if the while I think on thee, dear friend, L XXX REVOLUTIONS IKE as the waves make towards the pebbled shore So do our minutes hasten to their end; Each changing place with that which goes before, In sequent toil all forwards do contend. Nativity once in the main of light Crawls to maturity, wherewith being crown'd, And Time that gave, doth now his gift confound. Time doth transfix the flourish set on youth, And yet, to times in hope, my verse shall stand XXXI F `AREWELL! thou art too dear for my possessing, And like enough thou know'st thy estimate: The charter of thy worth gives thee releasing, For how do I hold thee but by thy granting? Thyself thou gav'st, thy own worth then not knowing, Thus have I had thee as a dream doth flatter; XXXII THE LIFE WITHOUT PASSION HEY that have power to hurt, and will do none, That do not to the thing they most do show, Who, moving others, are themselves as stone, Unmovéd, cold, and to temptation slow, They rightly do inherit Heaven's graces, The summer's flower is to the summer sweet, For sweetest things turn sourest by their deeds; W. Shakespeare XXXIII THE LOVER'S APPEAL A ND wilt thou leave me thus ? Say nay! say nay! for shame, To save thee from the blame Of all my grief and grame. And wilt thou leave me thus ? Say nay! say nay! And wilt thou leave me thus, And wilt thou leave me thus, Neither for pain nor smart : And wilt thou leave me thus ? Say nay! say nay ! And wilt thou leave me thus, And have no more pity Of him that loveth thee? Alas! thy cruelty! And wilt thou leave me thus ? Say nay! say nay! Sir T. Wyat |