. The earthly paradise : a poem. BY WILLIAM MORRIS,Author of The Life and Death of Jason. PART IV. NINTH EDITION. LONDON: REEVES AND TURNER, 196 STRAND. BOSTON, : ROBERTS BROTHERS. 1S91. [All Rights reserved.] THE EARTHLY PARADISE. DECEMBER, JANUARY,FEBRUARY. B THE EARTHLY PARADISE. DECEMBER. DEAD lonely night and all streets quiet now,Thin oer the moon the hindmost cloud swimspastOf that great rack that brought us up the snow;On earth strange shadows oer the snow are cast;Pale stars, bright moon, swift cloud make heaven so vastThat earth left silent by the wind of nightSeems shrunken ne
. The earthly paradise : a poem. BY WILLIAM MORRIS,Author of The Life and Death of Jason. PART IV. NINTH EDITION. LONDON: REEVES AND TURNER, 196 STRAND. BOSTON, : ROBERTS BROTHERS. 1S91. [All Rights reserved.] THE EARTHLY PARADISE. DECEMBER, JANUARY,FEBRUARY. B THE EARTHLY PARADISE. DECEMBER. DEAD lonely night and all streets quiet now,Thin oer the moon the hindmost cloud swimspastOf that great rack that brought us up the snow;On earth strange shadows oer the snow are cast;Pale stars, bright moon, swift cloud make heaven so vastThat earth left silent by the wind of nightSeems shrunken neath the grey unmeasured height. Ah ! through the hush the looked-for midnight clangs !And then, een while its last strokes solemn droneIn the cold air by unlit windows hangs,Out break the bells above the year foredone,Change, kindness lost, love left unloved alone ;Till their despairing sweetness makes thee deemThou once wert loved, if but amidst a dream. O thou who clingest still to life and love,Though nought of good, no God ttheearthlyparadi00morr
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