Winter HEN icicles hang by the wall And milk comes frozen home in pail ; Tu-who! A merry note! While greasy Joan doth keel the pot. When all about the wind doth blow, And coughing drowns the parson's saw, And birds sit brooding in the snow, And Marian's nose looks red and raw; Then nightly sings the staring owl Tu-who! A merry note! While greasy Joan doth keel the pot. -William Shakespeare. B LOW, blow, thou winter wind, Thou art not so unkind Thy tooth is not so keen Although thy breath be rude. Heigh ho! sing heigh ho! unto the green holly: Most friendship is feigning, most loving mere folly: Then, heigh ho! the holly! This life is most jolly. Freeze, freeze, thou bitter sky, Though thou the waters warp, As friend remember'd not. |