Too long and quickly have I lived to vow
The woe that stretches me shall never wane
Too often seen the end of endless pain
To swear that peace no more shall cool my brow
I know, I know- again the shriveled bough
Will burgeon sweetly in the gentle rain
And these hard lands be quivering with grain
I tell you only: it is Winter now
What if I know, before the Summer goes
Where dwelt this bitter frenzy shall be rest?
What is it now, that June shall surely bring
New promise, with the swallow and the rose?
My heart is water, that I first must breast
The terrible, slow loveliness of Spring