Winter morning

Arise, my darling, day is breaking!

The frost, the sunshine - it's exquisite!

It's time, my lovely one, for waking;

Last night, remember how the blizzard

Across the darkening sky was raging:

The moon, pale yellow, shown astride

The murky clouds of gloom presaging;

You seemed so saddened, hope forsaking.

And now, just... take a look outside:

Beneath the azure firmament,

Resembling a magnificent

White carpet, glistening lie the snows;

The only darkeness to be seen -

The woos; through frost the first are green,

While 'neath the ice the river glows.