#ray sent me this poem in a beautiful card when i moved to montreal so i'll always have a soft spot for it :')
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To One Coming North
At first you'll joy to see the playful snow, Like white moths trembling on the tropic air, Or waters of the hills that softly flow Gracefully falling down a shining stair.
And when the fields and streets are covered white And the wind-worried void is chilly, raw, Or underneath a spell of heat and light The cheerless frozen spots begin to thaw,
Like me you'll long for home, where birds' glad song Means flowering lanes and leas and spaces dry, And tender thoughts and feelings fine and strong, Beneath a vivid silver-flecked blue sky.
But oh! more than the changeless southern isles, When Spring has shed upon the earth her charm, You'll love the Northland wreathed in golden smiles By the miraculous sun turned glad and warm.
Claude McKay
#it's national poetry month!!!#claude mckay#to one coming north#poetry#ray sent me this poem in a beautiful card when i moved to montreal so i'll always have a soft spot for it :')#god i love claude mckay so much#this is so beautiful#he's so playful and joyful here#You'll love the Northland wreathed in golden smiles#By the miraculous sun turned glad and warm#🥰
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