Pages

Wednesday, December 28, 2022

Of Glorious Winter-tide


This week its the snow!!!




The other week the ice left us speechless with awe!!







Now is the time of cheer
Of cozy countryside
Tucked beneath white starlight veneer
Or the veil of a bride

Now is the time to pause
From plant and harvest toil
While earth receives the wild applause
Of gales and sparkle-spoil

Of snowflakes swirling round
In dizzying descent
Until the land is grandly crowned
With frosty filament

Now is the time to ling-
-ger longer in a book
And let the days of winter bring
The days summer forsook

Of bowers bent with leaf
Of flower-befringed walks
Of glad tidings of golden sheaf
Of rose and hollyhocks

Of looking back to where
We find ourselves today
Before we turn agape to stare
At worlds melted away

Where now is the sweet time
To slow our hasting stride
And revel in the crystal clime
Of glorious winter-tide

...as we combat the cold
That keens our appetite
With supper hour dipped in gold 
Of gentle candle-light 
   
© Janet Martin






No comments:

Post a Comment

I hope you enjoyed your pause on this porch and thank-you for your visit!