WINTER'S TREASURES
When Autumn days are over
And the north winds blow
And mother earth is bedded
'Neath her robes of snow;
When trees are robbed of beauty
And the gaunt limbs sighTo slumbering Apollo
In the gray dark sky;
My heart begins a yearning
And my thoughts to stray
O'er the highways I wandered
In the yesterday.
I hear the merry laughter
Of the long ago
As we gazed through the windows
At the falling snow.
I hear the ringing sleighbells
On the Deacon's horse
And itch to throw a snowball
In a straight true course.
I feel the tingling coldness
On the nose again
From frosted wonder castles
On the window pane.
Oh, if you're feeling lonesome
For the summer breeze
Or the beauty of springtime
On the bare-limbed trees.
Just find the key to childhood,
Open wide the door.
There's sure tonic waiting
Labelled "Days of Yore."
For nothing keeps a fellow
Looking young and spry
Like wandering the pathways
Of the days gone by.
from Your Home and Mine
Harold S. Wood
Toronto: Musson, 1932
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Nice poem. Thank you for finding it and sharing it. Have a great weekend.
ReplyDeleteI know this poem as Harold S. Wood was my father-in-law. Thank you for printing it.
ReplyDeleteI'm afraid I know very little about your father-in-law. If you do get an opportunity, I wonder whether you wouldn't mind dropping me a line by email (brianjohnbusby@gmail.com).
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