Christina Rossetti

Dec 5, 1830 - Dec 29, 1894

 

Bitter For Sweet

by Christina Rossetti

Summer is gone with all its roses,
Its sun and perfumes and sweet flowers,
Its warm air and refreshing showers:
And even Autumn closes.

Yea, Autumn's chilly self is going,
And winter comes which is yet colder;
Each day the hoar-frost waxes bolder
And the last buds cease blowing.

Source:

Goblin Market and Other Poems
Copyright 1865
Macmillan And Co.London and Cambridge