Bliss Carman, et al., eds. The World’s Best Poetry.
Volume V. Nature. 1904. | | | | III. The Seasons | | Winter Song | | Ludwig Christoph Heinrich Hölty (1748–1776) |
| | From the German by Charles Timothy Brooks |
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SUMMER joys are o’er; | |
| Flowerets bloom no more, | |
| Wintry winds are sweeping; | |
| Through the snow-drifts peeping, | |
| Cheerful evergreen | 5 |
| Rarely now is seen. | |
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| Now no plumèd throng | |
| Charms the wood with song; | |
| Ice-bound trees are glittering; | |
| Merry snow-birds, twittering, | 10 |
| Fondly strive to cheer | |
| Scenes so cold and drear. | |
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| Winter, still I see | |
| Many charms in thee,— | |
| Love thy chilly greeting, | 15 |
| Snow-storms fiercely beating, | |
| And the dear delights | |
| Of the long, long nights. | | | |
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