European Elegies/Winter/Winter song

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24.WINTER SONG

Hark to my song:The cold comes on;With winter's snowThe summer's gone;
The winds are snell;The sun is low;Its life is short;Fierce sea-tides flow;
Deep red the fern,Long dead and dry;The phalanxed geeseMake loud the sky;
Warned by the frost,The birds depart;A winter dirgeWails in my heart.


From the Old Irish.

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