When I hoped, I recollect

When I hoped, I recollect
Just the place I stood -
At a Window facing West -
Roughest Air - was good -

Not a Sleet could bite me -
No November coolNot a frost could cool -
Hope it was that kept me warm -
Not Merino shawl -

When I feared - I recollect
Just the Day it was -
Worlds were swimming in the Sun -Worlds were lying out to Sun -
Yet how Nature froze -

Icicles opon my soul
Prickled Blue and cool -
Bird went praising everywhere -
Only Me - was still -

And the Day that I despaired -
This - if I forget
Nature will - that it be Night
When the Sun is setAfter Sun has set -
Dark shall overtake the Hill -Darkness intersect her face -
Overtake the sky.And put out her eye -
Nature hesitate - before
Memory and I -