XX
The night is freezing fast,
To-morrow comes December;
And winterfalls of old
Are with me from the past;
And chiefly I remember
How Dick would hate the cold.
Fall, winter, fall; for he,
Prompt hand and headpiece clever,
Has woven a winter robe,
And made of earth and sea
His overcoat for ever,
And wears the turning globe.
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A.E. Housman (1859-1936)
from Last Poems, 1922
[Poem is in the public domain in Canada, the United States, and the European Union]
A.E. Housman biography
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