Sonntag, 28. Dezember 2008
William Barnes (1801-1866) — A Winter Night
kulturtempel, 08:58h
A Winter Night
IT was a chilly winter's night;
And frost was glittering on the ground,
And evening stars were twinkling bright;
And from the gloomy plain around
Came no sound,
But where, within the wood-girt tower,
The churchbell slowly struck the hour;
As if that all of human birth
Had risen to the final day,
And soaring from the worn-out earth
Were called in hurry and dismay
Far away;
And I alone of all mankind
Were left in loneliness behind.
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