The Seasons of Her Year

Portrait of Thomas Hardy
Thomas Hardy 1840–1928

I

Winter is white on turf and tree, And birds are fled; But summer songsters pipe to me, And petals spread, For what I dreamt of secretly His lips have said!

II

O 'tis a fine May morn, they say, And blooms have blown; But wild and wintry is my day, My birds make moan; For he who vowed leaves me to pay Alone--alone!

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