The Garden in Winter
by Lucy Maud Montgomery
by Lucy Maud Montgomery
(1874
- 1942)
Frosty-white and cold it lies
Underneath the fretful skies;
Snowflakes flutter where the red
Banners of the poppies spread,
And the drifts are wide and deep
Where the lilies fell asleep.
Underneath the fretful skies;
Snowflakes flutter where the red
Banners of the poppies spread,
And the drifts are wide and deep
Where the lilies fell asleep.
But the sunsets o'er it throw
Flame-like splendor, lucent glow,
And the moonshine makes it gleam
Like a wonderland of dream,
And the sharp winds all the day
Pipe and whistle shrilly gay.
Flame-like splendor, lucent glow,
And the moonshine makes it gleam
Like a wonderland of dream,
And the sharp winds all the day
Pipe and whistle shrilly gay.
Safe beneath the snowdrifts lie
Rainbow buds of by-and-by;
In the long, sweet days of spring
Music of bluebells shall ring,
And its faintly golden cup
Many a primrose will hold up.
Rainbow buds of by-and-by;
In the long, sweet days of spring
Music of bluebells shall ring,
And its faintly golden cup
Many a primrose will hold up.
Though the winds are keen and chill
Roses' hearts are beating still,
And the garden tranquilly
Dreams of happy hours to be
In the summer days of blue
All its dreamings will come true.
Roses' hearts are beating still,
And the garden tranquilly
Dreams of happy hours to be
In the summer days of blue
All its dreamings will come true.
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| Frosted rose leaves |
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| Whiteknights Lake on a frosty morning |
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| Frosted seed heads |
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| Winteractive Bombus terrestris visits Fatsia japonica flowers |
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| Bombus terrestris queen on Mahonia flowers |
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| A fly on Mahonia flowers |
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| Frosted leaf |
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| Morning mists lifting over Whiteknights Lake |
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| Bombus pascuorum drinking nectar |
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| Honeybee collecting nectar from Mahonia flowers |
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| Whiteknights Lake on a foggy day |
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| A grey squirrel |
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| An oak tree on the University of Reading campus |
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| An old oak tree in Harris Garden |
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| Wasps like Mahonia flowers as well |
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| A wasp enjoying the last warm sunshine in December |
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| A frosted leaf |
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| Frosted Harebell (Campanula rotundifolia) |
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| A Bombus terrestris queen |
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| Little robin on a cold morning |
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| Morning mist lifting in Harris Garden |
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| Sunrise over Harris Garden |
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| An old oak tree |
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| Goodbye ... |
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| Winter sunshine |
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| Two flies drinking nectar from Fatsia japonica flowers |
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| A bumblebee (B. terrestris) visiting Lonicera fragrantissima flowers |
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| A frosty morning on the University of Reading campus |
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| Sunrise |
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| Bombus terrestris worker collecting pollen from winter-flowering Clematis cirrhosa |
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| This Lonicera fragrantissma flower is visited by a winter-active bumblebee |
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| Sunset over the river Thames |
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| Flooded Christchurch Meadows in Reading |
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| A lenten rose (Helleborus orientalis) |
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| The first snowdrops appear in Harris Garden in January |
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| Bombus terrestris visiting Sweet box flowers (Sarcococcus confusa) |
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| The first crocuses (Crocus tommasinianus) are flowering, spring is just around the corner |
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| Daffodils flowering in January on the University of Reading campus |
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| Winter aconites (Eranthis hyemalis) open their flowers in January |