English Poetry I: From Chaucer to Gray.
The Harvard Classics. 1909–14. |
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| 90. Winter |
| | | William Shakespeare (1564–1616) |
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| WHEN icicles hang by the wall | |
| And Dick the shepherd blows his nail, | |
| And Tom bears logs into the hall, | |
| And milk comes frozen home in pail; | |
| When blood is nipt, and ways be foul, | 5 |
| Then nightly sings the staring owl | |
| Tu-whoo! | |
| To-whit, Tu-whoo! A merry note! | |
| While greasy Joan doth keel the pot. | |
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| When all about the wind doth blow, | 10 |
| And coughing drowns the parson’s saw, | |
| And birds sit brooding in the snow, | |
| And Marian’s nose looks red and raw; | |
| When roasted crabs hiss in the bowl— | |
| Then nightly sings the staring owl | 15 |
| Tu-whoo! | |
| To-whit, Tu-whoo! A merry note! | |
| While greasy Joan doth keel the pot. | |
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