Arthur Quiller-Couch, ed. 1919. The Oxford Book of English Verse: 1250–1900.
Bliss Carman. b. 1861857. Why
FOR a name unknown, | |
Whose fame unblown | |
Sleeps in the hills | |
For ever and aye; | |
For her who hears | 5 |
The stir of the years | |
Go by on the wind | |
By night and day; | |
And heeds no thing | |
Of the needs of spring, | 10 |
Of autumn’s wonder | |
Or winter’s chill; | |
For one who sees | |
The great sun freeze, | |
As he wanders a-cold | 15 |
From hill to hill; | |
And all her heart | |
Is a woven part | |
Of the flurry and drift | |
Of whirling snow; | 20 |
For the sake of two | |
Sad eyes and true, | |
And the old, old love | |
So long ago. |