"I seem now at the end
to which I’ve always moved."
"see only the miles
of sunlit shires"
Evocative words Arthur
Tony
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From: "arthur seeley" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, December 31, 2002 5:15 PM
Subject: New sub: Song in Winter
Song in Winter
Here at the year’s turning,
in the darkest time,
earth stunned with cold,
the fountain’s tongues are stilled
and leaves drift into corners of the yard,
I seem now at the end
to which I’ve always moved.
I look back across
the bleak Atlantic reaches of my life
to remember the desolations of before
but see only the miles
of sunlit shires lie fulgent
in the long low winter light.
Happy New Year everyone.
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