B. K. van Slyke. In Winter. Harriet Monroe, ed. Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912-22

Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912–22.

In Winter

By B. K. van Slyke


I AM content to wait for spring,
To cherish winter days;
I am grown fearful of the thing
That hurts in hidden ways.

I almost fear for March to pass	5
Because of spring’s swift feet;
The hushed green coming of the grass
Will make the earth too sweet.