George MacDonald

10 December 1824 – 18 September 1905 / Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Winter Song

They were parted then at last?
Was it duty, or force, or fate?
Or did a worldly blast
Blow-to the meeting-gate?

An old, short story is this!
A glance, a trembling, a sigh,
A gaze in the eyes, a kiss-
Why will it not go by!
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