| Poems by Women |
TURN O' THE YEAR
Katherine Tynan Hinkson [1861-1931]
This is the time when bit by bit
The days begin to
lengthen sweet
And every minute gained is joy -
And love stirs in the
heart of a boy.
This is the time the sun, of late
Content to lie abed till eight,
Lifts up betimes his sleepy head -
And love stirs in the heart of a maid.
This is the time we dock the night
Of a whole hour of candlelight;
When
song of linnet and thrush is heard -
And love stirs in the heart of a bird.
This is the time when sword-blades green,
With gold and purple
damascene,
Pierce the brown crocus-bed a-row -
And love stirs in a heart I
know.
From: Stevenson, Burton Egbert.
The Home Book of Verse.
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