The Garden in Winter
by Lucy Maud Montgomery
Frosty-white and cold it lies
Underneath the fretful skies;
Snowflakes flutter where the red
Banners of the poppies spread,
And the drifts are wide and deep
Where the lilies fell asleep.
But the sunsets o'er it throw
Flame-like splendor, lucent glow,
And the moonshine makes it gleam
Like a wonderland of dream,
And the sharp winds all the day
Pipe and whistle shrilly gay.
Safe beneath the snowdrifts lie
Rainbow buds of by-and-by;
In the long, sweet days of spring
Music of bluebells shall ring,
And its faintly golden cup
Many a primrose will hold up.
Though the winds are keen and chill
Roses' hearts are beating still,
And the garden tranquilly
Dreams of happy hours to be
In the summer days of blue
All its dreamings will come true.
4 comments:
Nice pics, and I never knew LM Montgomery had written poems, too. I would guess cold, snowy winters came her way quite a few years in PEI. Thanks for sharing the poem, too.
Incredible that we were enjoying the beautiful, almost-sultry evening on your patio less than 48 hours ago!!
Yeah, Jennifer, she wrote a number of poems just about winter! Of course she has others too, but I don't really know how large a body of work she composed. Guess I could look it up online....oh, well....another day, maybe!
Debbie - it's crazy, huh!? I bet it's gorgeous out where you are...
Hope the roads are all clear by tomorrow!! ;-)
"Flame-like splendor, lucent glow,
And the moonshine makes it gleam..."
Obviously she knows (or appreciates) Latin too, with her "lucent (lux, lucis, . . .) glow" paired with "moonshine" to paint the picture of how the "light" affects the snowy foliage. Great for poetry; great for any written composition!
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