When Summers blue sky fades to grey And swiftly ends the shortening day, When coldness takes the flowers away Ill dance the dance of winter! Over hedges see me trip To frost the leaf and haw and hip, To petrify each sparkling drip And dance the dance of winter. Ill fade the roses red to white, Redress the landscape in one night! Make the cobwebs crisp and white And herald in the winter. I’ll tiptoe over lawns and trees The water pipe I soon shall freeze, Ill bring transport to its knees! And turn all things to winter In leafy Hollows, see me hide, I herald in the Yule tide Where man keeps snug by fires inside While outside, I am winter. ~~Lucy Burrow ~~ Daz/PS7/Vue