Bliss Carman, et al., eds. The World’s Best Poetry.
Volume III. Sorrow and Consolation. 1904. | | | | III. Adversity | | “Blow, blow, thou winter wind” | | William Shakespeare (1564–1616) |
| | From “As You Like It,” Act II. Sc. 7.
BLOW, blow, thou winter wind, | |
| Thou art not so unkind | |
| As man’s ingratitude; | |
| Thy tooth is not so keen, | |
| Because thou art not seen, | 5 |
| Although thy breath be rude. | |
| Heigh-ho! sing heigh-ho! unto the green holly; | |
| Most friendship is feigning, most loving mere folly: | |
| Then, heigh-ho, the holly! | |
| This life is most jolly! | 10 |
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| Freeze, freeze, thou bitter sky, | |
| Thou dost not bite so nigh | |
| As benefits forgot: | |
| Though thou the waters warp, | |
| Thy sting is not so sharp | 15 |
| As friend remembered not. | |
| Heigh-ho! sing heigh-ho! unto the green holly: | |
| Most friendship is feigning, most loving mere folly: | |
| Then, heigh-ho, the holly! | |
| This life is most jolly! | 20 | | | |
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