Митакова Ксения Фёдоровна

Роберт Бернс

Winter

The wintry west extends his blast,

And hail and rain does blow;

Or the stormy north sends driving forth

The blinding sleet and snow:

Wild-tumbling brown, the stream comes down,

And roars from bank to slope:

While bird and beast in covert rest,

And pass the heartless day.

'The sweeping blast, the sky overcast,'

The joyless winter day

Let others fear, to me more dear

Than all the pride of May:

The tempest's howl, it soothes my soul,

My griefs it seems to join;

The leafless trees my fancy please,

Their fate resembles mine!

You Power Supreme, whose mighty scheme

These woes of mine fulfil,

Here, firm I rest, they must be best,

Because they are Thy will!

Then all I want ( O, do Thou grant

This one request of mine!):

Since to enjoy You do deny,

Assist me to resign.

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