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Charles G. D. Roberts (1860-1943)

The Frosted Pane


              1One night came Winter noiselessly, and leaned
              2    Against my window-pane.
              3In the deep stillness of his heart convened
              4    The ghosts of all his slain.

              5Leaves, and ephemera, and stars of earth,
              6    And fugitives of grass, --
              7White spirits loosed from bonds of mortal birth,
              8    He drew them on the glass.


Online text copyright © 2009, Ian Lancashire (the Department of English) and the University of Toronto.
Published by the Web Development Group, Information Technology Services, University of Toronto Libraries.

Original text: Selected Poems of Sir Charles G. D. Roberts (Toronto: Ryerson, 1936): 154. PS 8485 O22A17 Robarts Library.
First publication date: February 1895
Publication date note: Atlantic Monthly (Feb. 1895)
RPO poem editor: Ian Lancashire
RP edition: RPO 1998.
Recent editing: 2:2002/4/3

Rhyme: abab


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