WINTER EVENING.
[From Chambers's " Book of Days."] Winter ■ I love thee when the day is 6'erJ Spite of the tempest's outward roar ; Queen of the tranquil joys that weave The charm around the sudden, eve ; The thick'ning footsteps thro' the gloom. Telling of those we love come homej The candles lit, the cheeiful board, The dear domestic group' restored; The fire that shews the looks of glee, The infants standing at our knee ; The busy news, the sportive tongue, The laugh that makes us still feel young ; The health to those we love, that now Are far as ocean winds can blow j The health to those who with us grew, And still stay with us tried and true; Tbe wife that makes life glide away, One long and lovely marriage day. Their music comes till- round us creep The infant listeners half asleep; And biuy tongues are loud no more, And, Winter, thy sweet eve is o'er.
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Otago Witness, Issue 657, 2 July 1864, Page 4
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158WINTER EVENING. Otago Witness, Issue 657, 2 July 1864, Page 4
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