Stones from The Quarry or, Moods of Mind. By Henry Browne [i.e. Henry Ellison] |
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THE YEAR IN OUR NORTHERN HEMISPHERE. |
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THE YEAR IN OUR NORTHERN HEMISPHERE.
Earth coyly turns “cold shoulder” to the sun,And sidles off o' t'other side, and makes
Estrangèd courses. Capricornus aches
At thought of his cold penance; that well done,
Aquarius' thawing jars o'er Pisces run.
But when the Ram, half white, half black-wooled, takes
The lead, she with the Sun's warm kisses slakes
Her vernal glows, bride newly-wooed and won.
Then with that May-long kiss her womb doth teem
Conceptive, in its many-childedness:
And when scorched Cancer faints from heat's extreme,
As erst from cold's chill Capricorn no less,
A many-breasted Mother she doth stream
And milk out in autumnal fruitfulness.
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