The Frosted Pane

Sir Charles George Douglas Roberts 1860 (Douglas) – 1943 (Toronto)



One night came Winter noiselessly, and leaned
     Against my window-pane.
   In the deep stillness of his heart convened
     The ghosts of all his slain.
   Leaves, and ephemera, and stars of earth,
     And fugitives of grass, --
   White spirits loosed from bonds of mortal birth,
     He drew them on the glass.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

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Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 324
Words 52
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 8

Sir Charles George Douglas Roberts

Sir Charles George Douglas Roberts (January 10, 1860 – November 26, 1943) was a Canadian poet and prose writer. He was one of the first Canadian authors to be internationally known. more…

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