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Text:Winter
Author:Steele

DVI. Winter

1 Stern winter throws his icy chains
Encircling nature round;
How bleak, how comfortless the plains,
Late with gay verdure crown'd!

2 The sun withdraws his vital beams,
And light, and warmth depart:
And drooping, lifeless nature seems
An emblem of my heart.

3 My heart, when mental winter reigns
In night's dark mantle clad,
Confin'd in cold inactive chains,
How desolate and sad!

4 Return, O blissful sun, and bring
The soul reviving ray;
This mental winter shall be spring,
This darkness cheerful day.

5 O happy state, divine abode,
Where spring eternal reigns;
And perfect day, the smile of God,
Fills all the heavenly plains.

6 Great source of light, thy beams display,
My drooping joys restore,
And guide me to the seats of day,
Where winter frowns no more.

Text Information
First Line: Stern winter throws his icy chains
Title: Winter
Author: Steele
Meter: C. M.
Language: English
Publication Date: 1792
Topic: Times and Seasons: The Seasons of the Year; Winter improved
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