Shahina

Shahina
Poems For A Winter's Evening

Some of my favorites verses for reciting or singing in front of a blazing fire.

Stopping By The Woods
On A Snowy Evening

Whose woods these are I think I know.
His house is in the village though;
He will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with snow.

My little horse must think it queer
To stop without a farmhouse near
Between the woods and frozen lake
The darkest evening of the year.

He gives his harness bells a shake
To ask if there is some mistake.
The only other sound's the sweep
Of easy wind and downy flake.

The woods are lovely, dark and deep.
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep. —Robert Frost
©1923 Holt, Rinehart & Winston, Inc

Song For A Winter's Night

The lamp is burning low upon my tabletop.
The snow is softly falling.
The air is still in the silence of my room.
I hear your voice softly calling.

If I could only have you near,
To breathe a sigh or two,
I would be happy just to hold the hands I love,
On this winter's night with you.

The smoke is rising in the shadows over head.
My glass is almost empty.
I read again between the lines upon each page.
The words of love you send me.

If I could know within my heart,
That you were lonely too,
I would be happy just to hold the hands I love,
On this winter's night with you.

The fire is dying now,
My lamp is growing dim.
The shades of night are lifting.
The morning light steals across my windowpane,
Where webs of snow are drifting.

If I could only have you near,
To breath a sigh or two,
I would be happy just to hold the hands I love,
On this winter's night with you.
And to be once again with you. —Gordon Lightfoot
©1967 M Witmark & Sons (ASCAP)

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