'Tis the first snow
"'Tis the first snow—
Just enough to bend
The gladiolus leaves!"[1]
More poems by William George Aston
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'Tis the cuckoo
" 'Tis the cuckoo—
Listen well !
How much soever gods ye be."[1] -
'Twas the new moon
“'Twas the new moon!
Since then I waited—
And lo! to-night! … -
Frog Poem (Aston)
"An ancient pond!
With a sound from the water
Of the frog as it plunges in." -
I come weary
“I come weary,
In search of an inn—
Ah! these wisteria flowers!”