Verses For Pictures.

Day.     I am Day; I bring again     Life and glory, Love and pain:     Awake, arise! from death to death     Through me the World's tale quickeneth.     Spring.     Spring am I, too soft of heart     Much to speak ere I depart:     Ask the Summer-tide to prove     The abundance of my love.     Summer.     Summer looked for long am I;     Much shall change or e'er I die.     Prithee take it not amiss     Though I weary thee with bliss.     Autumn.     Laden Autumn here I stand     Worn of heart, and weak of hand:     Nought but rest seems good to me,     Speak the word that sets me free.     Winter.     I am Winter, that do keep     Longing safe amidst of sleep:     Who shall say if I were dead     What should be remembered?     Night.     I am Night: I bring again     Hope of pleasure, rest from pain:     Thoughts unsaid 'twixt Life and Death     My fruitful silence quickeneth.