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From A Child's Garden of Verses, this poem by Robert Louis Stevenson conjures up a chilly morning by the fireside in winter.

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Late lies the wintry sun a-bed
A frosty firey sleepy head
Blinks but an hour or two and then
A blood-red orange sets again

Before the stars have left the skies
At morning in the dark I rise
And shivering in my nakedness
By the cold candle bathe and dress

Close by the jolly fire I sit
To warm my frozen bones a bit
Or with the reindeer sled explore
The colder countries round the door

Late lies the wintry sun a-bed
A frosty firey sleepy head
Blinks but an hour or two and then
A blood-red orange sets again

When to go out my nurse doth wrap
Me in my comforter and cap
The cold wind burns my face and blows
Its frosty pepper up my nose

Late lies the wintry sun a-bed
A frosty firey sleepy head
Blinks but an hour or two and then
A blood-red orange sets again

Black are my steps on silver sod
Thick blows my frosty breath abroad
And tree and house and hill and lake
Are frosted like a wedding cake

Late lies the wintry sun a-bed
A frosty firey sleepy head
Blinks but an hour or two and then
A blood-red orange sets again

Late lies the wintry sun a-bed
A frosty firey sleepy head
Blinks but an hour or two and then
A blood-red orange sets again

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from The Tallest Elf in the World - Jolly EP 2018, released December 4, 2018
Poem by Robert Louis Stevenson
Music by Lewis Mullen
Arrangement by Lewis Mullen and CarronCast

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