When I hoped, I recollect

When I hoped, I recollect
Just the place I stood --
In a Chamber[^a1]At a Window facing West --
Roughest Air -- was good --

[^a1: In a Chamber | In a Chamber]

Not a Sleet could bite me --
No November cool[^a2]Not a frost could cool --
Hope it was that kept me warm --
Not Merino shawl --

[^a2: No November cool | No November cool]

When I feared -- I recollect
Just the Day it was --
Worlds were swimming in the[^a3]Worlds were lying Out to Sun --
Yet how Nature froze --

[^a3: Worlds were swimming in the | Worlds were swimming in the]

Icicles upon my soul
Prickled Raw and Cool[^a4]Blue and Cool --
Bird went praising everywhere --
Only Me -- was still --

[^a4: Raw and Cool | Raw and Cool]

And the Day that I despaired --
This -- if I forget
Nature will -- that it be Night
After Sun has set --
Darkness intersect her face --
And put out her eye --
Nature hesitate -- before
Memory and I --