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" The winter is cold, is cold.
All's spent in keeping warm.
Has joy been frozen, too?
I blow upon my hands
Stiff from the biting wind.
My heart beats slow, beats slow.
What has become of joy?

If joy's gone from my heart
Then it is closed to You
Who made it, gave it life...

Elusive, evasive, peace comes
Only when it's not sought.

Help me forget the cold
That grips the grasping world... "

Madeleine L'Engle , The Weather of the Heart: Selected Poems


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Madeleine L'Engle quote : The winter is cold, is cold.<br />All's spent in keeping warm.<br />Has joy been frozen, too?<br />I blow upon my hands<br />Stiff from the biting wind.<br />My heart beats slow, beats slow.<br />What has become of joy?<br /><br />If joy's gone from my heart<br />Then it is closed to You<br />Who made it, gave it life...<br /><br />Elusive, evasive, peace comes<br />Only when it's not sought.<br /><br />Help me forget the cold<br />That grips the grasping world...