DECEMBER

Related Subjects: Christmas, Winter

1. December drops no weak, relenting tear,
   By our fond Summer sympathies ensnared,
   Nor from the perfect circle of the year
   Can even Winter's crystal gems be spared.—C. P. CRANCH, December
   

2. In a drear-nighted December,
   Too happy, happy brook,
   Thy bubblings ne'er remember
   Apollo's summer look.—KEATS, Stanzas
   

3. Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December.—POE, The Raven
   

4. In cold December fragrant chaplets blow,
   And heavy harvests nod beneath the snow.—POPE, Dunciad
   

5. When we shall hear
   The rain and wind beat dark December, how,
   In this our pinching cave, shall we discourse
   The freezing hours away?—SHAKESPEARE, Cymbeline
   

6. The sun that brief December day
   Rose cheerless over hills of gray,
   And, darkly circled, gave at noon
   A sadder light than waning moon.—WHITTIER, Snow-Bound