Why

by Bliss Carman

For a name unknown, Whose fame unblown Sleeps in the hills   For ever and aye; For her who hears The stir of the years Go by on the wind   By night and day; And heeds no thing Of the needs of spring, Of autumn's wonder   Or winter's chill; For one who sees The great sun freeze, As he wanders a-cold   From hill to hill; And all her heart Is a woven part Of the flurry and drift   Of whirling snow; For the sake of two Sad eyes and true, And the old, old love   So long ago.

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