Earth's winter cometh And I being part of it all Drown cold and grey with hours Joying in a momentary sun And sith the spirit of all moveth in me I must needs bear earth's winter Earth's winter cometh Next a kindly moon Or mid desirous Or mid desirous Or mid desirous winds of spring Or mid desirous Had set me singing spheres Or made heart to wander forth Or made heart to wander forth Lo I am withered with waiting till my spring cometh Or crouch covetous of warmth O'er scant-logged ingle blaze Must take cramped joy in tomed Longinus That, read I him first time The woods agleam with summer