Poem of the week: Now winter nights … by Thomas Campion

<p>A song to the consolations of winter is delivered with the grace and precision typical of this intellectually ambitious poet</p><p><strong>Now Winter Nights …</strong></p><p>Now winter nights enlarge<br>
The number of their hours;<br>
And clouds their storms discharge<br>
Upon the airy towers.<br>
Now let the chimneys blaze<br>
And cups o’erflow with wine,<br>
Let well-tuned words amaze<br>
With harmony divine.<br>
Now yellow waxen lights<br>
Shall wait on honey love<br>
While youthful revels, masques and courtly sights,<br>
Sleep’s leaden spells remove.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/nov/17/poem-of-the-week-now-winter-nights-enlarge-by-thomas-campion">Continue reading...</a>