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Poem by George MacDonald


Winter Song


They were parted then at last?
Was it duty, or force, or fate?
Or did a worldly blast
Blow-to the meeting-gate?

An old, short story is this!
A glance, a trembling, a sigh,
A gaze in the eyes, a kiss-
Why will it not go by! 



George MacDonald

Poem Theme: Winter

George MacDonald's other poems:
  1. What the Lord Saith
  2. Song of the Waiting Dead
  3. Christmas Meditation
  4. Hope Deferred
  5. Going to Sleep


Poems of the other poets with the same name:

  • Wilfred Owen Winter Song ("The browns, the olives, and the yellows died")
  • Robert Bloomfield Winter Song ("Dear Boy, throw that Icicle down")
  • Katherine Mansfield Winter Song ("Rain and wind, and wind and rain")

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