Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). A Victorian Anthology, 1837–1895. 1895.
Duncan Campbell Scott 18621947In November
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Banked along the west;
In flocks with sweep and rise
The birds are going to rest.
And the reeds look cold,
Standing above the pools,
Like rods of beaten gold.
Has lost her worldly mood,
She ’s given herself to God,
And taken a nun’s hood.
That kept the summer revel,
Have taken the serge and cord,
And given the slip to the Devil.
Gathering snow for a fight;
From the feel of the air
I think it will freeze to-night.