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Show IN "WINTER. The valley stream Is froren The hills are cold and bare. And the wild white bees of winter Swarm ln the darkened air. I look on the naked forest: Was It ever green in June? Did it burn with gold and crimson In the dim autumnal noon? I look on the barren meadow; Was It ever heaped with hay? Did it hide the grassy cottage Where the skylark s children lay? ' I look on the desolate garden; Is It true the rose was there? And the woodbine's musky bios- soms. And the hyacinth's purple hair? I look ln my heart and marvel If love were ever its own If the spring of promise brightened. And the summer of passion shone. Is the stem of bliss but withered, And the root survives the blast? Are the seeds of the future sleeping Under the leaves of the psst? RALPH WALDO EMERSON. 'UJ |