Winter-time
Winter-time
Robert Louis Stevenson (from A Child’s Garden of Verses, 1885)
Late lies the wintry sun a-bed,
A frosty, fiery sleepy-head,
Blinks but an hour or two, and then,
A blood-red orange, sets again.
Before the stars have left the skies,
At morning in the dark I rise,
And shivering in my nakedness,
By the cold candle, bathe and dress.
Close by the jolly fire I sit,
To warm my frozen bones a bit,
Or with a reindeer-sled, explore,
The colder countries round the door.
When I go out, my nurse doth wrap,
Me in my comforter and a cap,
The cold wind burns my face, and blows,
Its frosty pepper up my nose.
Black are my steps on silver sod,
Thick blows my frosty breath abroad,
And tree and house, and hill and lake,
Are frosted like a wedding cake.
Posted on January 18, 2013, in all things Norsk, Photos and tagged Norway, photos, poem, Robert Louis Stevenson, winter. Bookmark the permalink. 22 Comments.
What a lovely idea for a post, Maggie!
What a great pairing of beautiful photos and poem, Maggie.
I feel colder just viewing these pics…..but they are lovely. As is the verse!
love it
Wow, really lovely, Maggie. The third picture – the water is like glass and gives the illusion of falling off the edge of the Earth. The last picture is beautiful with the thought a frosted wedding cake. So glad you posted all.
Thanks, I took that picture (#3) early one morning last week, it was dead still, ice cold and quite eerie.
Robert Louis Stevenson would be pleased! Iconic images to accompany the words – brilliant.
That was a nice compliment, thank you!
This is brilliant, Maggie. I love the way the pics perfectly suit the prose. Well done
Thanks, Dianne
I love how you have the pictures with the poem…I had never heard that one before. I love it!
Cheers to you,
Courtney
Thank you, Courtney… I really appreciate that!
Cheers to you too
beautiful just beautiful!
i like where you’ve been BUT i love where your going!! gorgeous images, you need to be sharing these!!
Maggie, I loved it!
Lovely lovely lovely. Am a big fan of embedding poetry in blogging
Thanks! I love poetry too, I only wish I could write it myself…
The photos are beautiful !!! I amazed how you captured how cold it is in the photos.
Thank you!
Amazing photos! Sheer beauty
Yes, beautiful and cold
Indeed. I freeze all winter but that season has its incomparable magic and beauty too