"Ingathering" Quotes from Famous Books
... over comes summer again. "Hearken, O guest, if ye be awake," What healing in summer if winter be vain? "Sure ye champions of the south Speak many things from a silent mouth. And thine, meseems, last night did pray That ye might well be wed to-day. The year's ingathering feast it is, A goodly day to give thee bliss. Come hither, daughter, fine and fair, Here is a wooer from Whitewater. Fast away hath he gotten fame, And his father's name is e'en my name. Will ye lay hand within his hand, That blossoming fair our house may ... — Poems By The Way & Love Is Enough • William Morris |