Picture-Books In Winter

<SPAN name="startofbook"></SPAN> <h2>PICTURE-BOOKS IN WINTER</h2> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Summer fading, winter comes&mdash;<br/></span> <span class="i0">Frosty mornings, tingling thumbs,<br/></span> <span class="i0">Window robins, winter rooks,<br/></span> <span class="i0">And the picture story-books.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Water now is turned to stone<br/></span> <span class="i0">Nurse and I can walk upon;<br/></span> <span class="i0">Still we find the flowing brooks<br/></span> <span class="i0">In the picture story-books.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">All the pretty things put by,<br/></span> <span class="i0">Wait upon the children's eye,<br/></span> <span class="i0">Sheep and shepherds, trees and crooks,<br/></span> <span class="i0">In the picture story-books.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">We may see how all things are,<br/></span> <span class="i0">Seas and cities, near and far,<br/></span> <span class="i0">And the flying fairies' looks,<br/></span> <span class="i0">In the picture story-books.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">How am I to sing your praise,<br/></span> <span class="i0">Happy chimney-corner days,<br/></span> <span class="i0">Sitting safe in nursery nooks,<br/></span> <span class="i0">Reading picture story-books?<br/></span></div> </div> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />