English Poetry. Amy Levy. Out of Town. Эми Леви.

Amy Levy (Эми Леви)

Out of Town

Out of town the sky was bright and blue,
Never fog-cloud, lowering, thick, was seen to frown;
Nature dons a garb of gayer hue,
Out of town.

Spotless lay the snow on field and down,
Pure and keen the air above it blew;
All wore peace and beauty for a crown.

London sky, marred by smoke, veiled from view,
London snow, trodden thin, dingy brown,
Whence that strange unrest at thoughts of you
Out of town?

Amy Levy’s other poems:

1. The Old Poet
2. To Vernon Lee
3. The Lost Friend
4. Ballade of an Omnibus
5. On the Wye in May

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