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WINTER SCENE by FRIEDRICH ADOLF AXEL DETLEV VON LILIENCRON

First Line: PERCHED ON HIS BOUGH, A MONSTER RAVEN MAKES
Last Line: AND HOW THAT PICKLED HERRING MAKES A SHOW!
Subject(s): WINTER;

Perched on his bough, a monster raven makes
the one strong note etched black upon the snow.
But no! a stooping stout old goody takes
her painful way, mumbling, stumbling and slow.
What a wind-reddened nose, for gracious sakes!
Her left arm in her apron—frost hurts so!—
in her right hand a garnished platter shakes,
and how that pickled herring makes a show!



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