SNOW POETRY!!

As a Literature student, walking about in our snowy campus really inspires me to think of some great lines of poetry written in similarly frosty times! Here are a couple of poems for your enjoyment!!




Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind


Blow, blow, thou winter wind

Thou art not so unkind

As man's ingratitude;

Thy tooth is not so keen,

Because thou art not seen,

Although thy breath be rude.

Heigh-ho! sing, heigh-ho! unto the green holly:

Most freindship if feigning, most loving mere folly:

Then heigh-ho, the holly!

This life is most jolly.

Freeze, freeze thou bitter sky,

That does not bite so nigh

As benefits forgot:

Though thou the waters warp,

Thy sting is not so sharp

As a friend remembered not.

Heigh-ho! sing, heigh-ho! unto the green holly:

Most freindship if feigning, most loving mere folly:

Then heigh-ho, the holly!

This life is most jolly.

by William Shakespeare

A little Snow was here and there


A little Snow was here and there

Disseminated in her Hair --

Since she and I had met and played

Decade had gathered to Decade --

But Time had added not obtained

Impregnable the Rose

For summer too indelible

Too obdurate for Snows --

by Emily Dickinson


Elena- UEA Greek Ambassador