<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=374239" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>To His Lady</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">(Who asked a Song in Spring)</div><div style="margin:10px 0">WHY do you bid your poet sing, <br>Who has no mind to song-- <br>Who only wants to see the Spring, <br>Long sought and tarrying long? <br>The shivering, dreary winter through <br>My song enshrined my vow; <br>If then my songs were sweet to you, <br>Let me be silent now! </div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>Have I not duly sung, my dear, <br>Your goodness and your grace? <br>Now that your rival, Spring, is here, <br>O let me see her face! <br>The hedge is white with buds of May, <br>The fields are green with Spring, <br>Oh, give your bard a holiday: <br>He does not want to sing! </div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>He wants to listen; all alone, <br>He wants to steal away <br>To hear the ring-doves' tender tone, <br>And what the thrushes say. <br>He wants to hear what can't be heard <br>When you and love are near-- <br>The sweet Spring's soft and secret word; <br>Oh, let him go, my dear!</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Edith+Nesbit">Edith Nesbit</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=374239" data-title="To His Lady de Edith Nesbit" data-description="(Who asked a Song in Spring) WHY do you bid your poet sing, Who has no mind to song-- Who only wants to see the Spring, Long sought and tarrying long? The shivering, dreary winter through My song enshrined my vow; If then my songs were swee..."></div> </div> </div>

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