When Winter fringes every bough With his fantastic wreath, And puts the seal of silence now Upon the leaves beneath;
When every stream in its penthouse Goes gurgling on its way, And in his gallery the mouse Nibbleth the meadow hay;
Methinks the summer still is nigh, And lurketh underneath, At that same meadow mouse doth lie Snug in that last year's heath.
And if perchance the chickadee Lisp a faint note anon, The snow is summer's canopy, Which she herself put on.
Fair blossoms deck the cheerful trees, And dazzling fruits depend; The north wind sighs a summer breeze, The nipping frosts to fend,
Bringing glad tidings unto me, The while I stand all ear, Of a serene eternity, Which need not winter fear.
Out on the silent pond straightway The restless ice doth crack, And pond sprites merry gambols play Amid the deafening rack.
Eager I hasten to the vale, As if I heard brave news, How nature held high festival, Which it were hard to lose.
I gambol with my neighbor ice, And sympathizing quake, As each new crack darts in a trice Across the gladsome lake.
One with the cricket in the ground, And fagot on the hearth, Resounds the rare domestic sound Along the forest path.
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