A Suffolk Eye

By CroPage

Winter

And the robin flew
Into the air, the air,
The white mist through;
And small and rare
The night-frost fell
Into the calm and misty dell.

And the dusk gathered low,
And the silver moon and stars
On the frozen snow
Drew taper bars,
Kindled winking fires
In the hooded briers.

And the sprawling Bear
Growled deep in the sky;
And Orion's hair
Streamed sparkling by:
But the North sighed low,
"Snow, snow, more snow!"

Walter de la Mare

The poem is only wholly apposite in my mind. I love looking at Orion, who only ramps across the skies in winter - and I first notice him each year when standing here

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