378. Oh thou whose face hath felt the Winter's wind by John Keats
b"J Keats read by Classic Poetry Aloud:\\nhttp://www.classicpoetryaloud.com/\\n\\nGiving voice to the poetry of the past.\\n\\n---------------------------------------------------\\n\\nOh thou whose face hath felt the Winter's wind\\n\\nby John Keats (1795 \\u2013 1821)\\n\\nOh thou whose face hath felt the Winter's wind,\\nWhose eye has seen the snow-clouds hung in mist,\\nAnd the black elm tops, 'mong the freezing stars,\\nTo thee the spring will be a harvest-time.\\nO thou, whose only book has been the light,\\nOf supreme darkness which thou feddest on\\nNight after night when Phoebus was away,\\nTo thee the Spring shall be a triple morn.\\nO fret not after knowledge - I have none,\\nAnd yet my song comes native with the warmth.\\nO fret not after knowledge - I have none,\\nAnd yet the Evening listens. He who saddens\\nAt thought of idleness cannot be idle,\\nAnd he's awake who thinks himself asleep.\\n\\nFirst aired: 15 December 2008\\n\\nFor hundreds more poetry readings, visit the Classic Poetry Aloud index.\\n\\nReading \\xa9 Classic Poetry Aloud 2008"