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.
More verses by Alfred Edward Housman
- Xl: Farewell To A Name And Number
- Xv: 'Tis Five Years Since, An End Said I
- When The Eye Of Day Is Shut
- Xix: The Mill Stream Now That Noises Cease
- Xii: An Epitaph