Around the house the flakes fly faster,
And all the berries now are gone
From holly and cotoneaster
Around the house. The flakes fly!--faster
Shutting indoors that crumb-outcaster
We used to see upon the lawn
Around the house. The flakes fly faster,
And all the berries now are gone!
'Birds at Winter Nightfall' - Thomas Hardy, 1840 -1928
The illustration is by Cicely Mary Barker.
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