George Gissing Quote

Honest winter, snow clad and with the frosted beard, I can welcome not uncordially; but that long deferment of the calendar's promise, that weeping loom of March and April, that bitter blast outraging the honor of May - how often has it robbed me of heart and hope.

The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft (ed. The Floating Press, 2016) - ISBN: 9781776599615