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 On a lone winter evening, when the frost
 Has wrought a silence.  
 On a lone winter evening, when the frost
 Has wrought a silence. 
 There's a certain Slant of light,
 Winter Afternoons--
  That oppresses, like the Heft
   Of read more 
 There's a certain Slant of light,
 Winter Afternoons--
  That oppresses, like the Heft
   Of Cathedral Tunes-- 
Every mile is two in winter.
Every mile is two in winter.
 His breath like silver arrows pierced the air,
 The naked earth crouched shuddering at his feet,
  His read more 
 His breath like silver arrows pierced the air,
 The naked earth crouched shuddering at his feet,
  His finger on all flowing waters sweet
   Forbidding lay--motion nor sound was there:--
    Nature was frozen dead,--and still and slow,
     A winding sheet fell o'er her body fair,
      Flaky and soft, from his wide wings of snow. 
Winter is the season in which people try to keep the house as warm as it was in the summer, read more
Winter is the season in which people try to keep the house as warm as it was in the summer, when they complained about the heat.
 And for the season it was winter, and they that know the winters 
of that country know them to read more 
 And for the season it was winter, and they that know the winters 
of that country know them to be sharp and violent, and subject to 
cruel and fierce storms. . . . For summer being done, all things 
stand upon them with a weather-beaten face, and the whole 
country, full of woods and thickets, represented a wild and 
savage hue. 
 Up rose the wild old winter-king,
 And shook his beard of snow;
  "I hear the first young read more 
 Up rose the wild old winter-king,
 And shook his beard of snow;
  "I hear the first young hard-bell ring,
   'Tis time for me to go!
    Northward o'er the icy rocks,
     Northward o'er the sea,
      My daughter comes with sunny locks:
       This land's too warm for me!" 
Winter is not a season, it's an occupation.
Winter is not a season, it's an occupation.
Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for read more
Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the fire: it is the time for home.