James Daniel
Now that due has given to frost,
And joy of the sun a distant touch
That lingers yet despite what cost--
Farewell the love I sought so much.
To walk is not work, yet no stroll
Is taken in this worse season,
For fair love’s dreams take bitter toll
When thoughts drift without fair reason.
Take care, take care-- love’s bitter winds
Blow without and love, so often dreams,
Changed in sad time two loving friends
Trapped in nature’s freeze ... it seems.