Birds at Winter Nightfall (Triolet)

Portrait of Thomas Hardy
Thomas Hardy 1840–1928

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!

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