Sunday, December 29, 2019

December Days / Caleb Prentiss


December Days

Ruthless winter's rude career
Comes to close the parting year;
Fleecy flakes of snow descend,
Boreal winds the welkin rend.
Reflect, oh man! and well remember
That dull old age is dark December;
For soon the year of life is gone,
When hoary hairs like snow come on.

~~
Caleb Prentiss (1771-1838)
from History of Paris, Maine, 1884

[Poem is in the public domain worldwide]

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