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.
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Caleb Prentiss (1771-1838)
from History of Paris, Maine, 1884
[Poem is in the public domain worldwide]
Caleb Prentiss biography
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