In Wintry Weather
Dora Sigerson Shorter 1866 (Dublin) – 1918
Dear, in wintry weather,
How close we crept together!
The storms, with all their thunder,
Could not our fond hands sunder.
No sorrow followed after
Cold words or scornful laughter.
How close we crept together,
Through all the wintry weather!
Dear, when each rose uncurled
To its sweet narrow world,
You went to cull its glory;
You would not hear my story,
Too sweet the birds were singing,
Too fair the buds were swinging.
If I should come or go
You did not care to know.
When each sweet rose uncurled
To its unknown world,
How could you e'er remember
That in a bleak December,
Through all the bitter weather,
We crept so close together?
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 06, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 624 |
Words | 117 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 6 |
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