Poems (Bacon)/Heart's seasons
III. HEART'S SEASONS
When Love went holidaying
Among the autumn leaves,
They bloomed in sweet betraying,
The purple clouds, soft straying,
Held daylight back, delaying
To gild the glowing sheaves—
When Love went holidaying
Among the autumn leaves.
Among the autumn leaves,
They bloomed in sweet betraying,
The purple clouds, soft straying,
Held daylight back, delaying
To gild the glowing sheaves—
When Love went holidaying
Among the autumn leaves.
When Grief came on a-sighing
Behind the flowers of spring,
They withered to their dying,
The homing birds, slow flying,
Sang wintry songs, denying
The joy that June should bring—
When Grief came on a-sighing
Behind the flowers of spring.
Behind the flowers of spring,
They withered to their dying,
The homing birds, slow flying,
Sang wintry songs, denying
The joy that June should bring—
When Grief came on a-sighing
Behind the flowers of spring.