Poems (Rossetti, 1901)/Bitter for Sweet

4552519Poems — Bitter for SweetChristina Georgina Rossetti
BITTER FOR SWEET
SUMMER is gone with all its roses,
Its sun and perfumes and sweet flowers,
Its warm air and refreshing showers:
  And even Autumn closes.

Yea, Autumn's chilly self is going,
And winter comes which is yet colder:
Each day the hoar-frost waxes bolder;
  And the last buds cease blowing.