• Oh winter mistress
    Thy gown of most sterling
    Silks and snows
    Sorrows and emotions
    Gorgeous to mine eyes
    And enthralling my soul
    Why do you tease me so?
    To hold me so far off
    And yet so close
    Never letting me know

    Icy mistress
    Your hand so cold
    And yet warm
    Your kind words do soothe
    Yet your distance torments
    What plans do you hold for my heart?

    Mistress
    Do I please you?
    Do your tantalizing words
    Mean my heart is yours?
    Or shall I remain in the bitter wasteland
    Of ceaseless self-doubt

    Oh dearest mistress
    The leash around my neck
    Burns me
    Scalds me with fear
    Fear that spring might never come
    And our love might not be one