Pastoral Poems (Breton); Selected Poetry (Wither); Pastoral Poetry (Browne)/The Seasons

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239964Pastoral Poems; Selected Poetry; Pastoral Poetry — The Seasons1909William Browne

The Seasons

The year hath first his jocund spring,
Wherein the leaves, to birds' sweet carolling,
Dance with the wind; then sees the summer's day
Perfect the embryon blossom of each spray;
Next cometh autumn, when the threshed sheaf
Loseth his grain, and every tree his leaf;
Lastly, cold winter's rage, with many a storm,
Threats the proud pines which Ida's top adorn,
And makes the sap leave succourless the shoot,
Shrinking to comfort his decaying root.
From Britannia's Pastorals.