Goblin Market, The Prince’s Progress, and Other Poems · Christina Georgina Rossetti

Chapter 47: 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.