Winter

(315 votes)   Many of the phenomena of Winter are suggestive of an inexpressible tenderness and fragile delicacy. We are accustomed to hear this king described as a rude and boisterous tyrant; but with the gentleness of a lover he adorns the tresses of Summer.

Henry David Thoreau
1817-1862, American Essayist, Poet, Naturalist

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(269 votes)   O, wind, if winter comes, can spring be far behind?

Percy Bysshe Shelley
1792-1822, British Poet

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(122 votes)   Often in winter the end of the day is like the final metaphor in a poem celebrating death: there is no way out.

Agustin Gomez-Arcos

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