Winter, a pause;—the Minstrel-Year takes breath.

[William Watson

THE SUN

All the World’s bravery that delights our eyes,

Is but thy several liveries;

Thou the rich dye on them bestow’st,

Thy nimble Pencil paints this landscape as thou go’st.

[Abraham Cowley

FAREWELL

I strove with none, for none was worth my strife.