Winter Nightfall
Robert Bridges
1844 to 1930
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The day begins to droop,—
Its course ______ done:
But nothing tells the place
Of the ______ sun.
The hazy darkness deepens,
And up the ______
You may hear, but cannot see,
The homing wain.
An engine pants and hums
In the farm ______ by:
Its lowering smoke is lost
In the ______ sky.
The soaking branches drip,
And all night ______
The dropping will not cease
In the avenue.
______ tall man there in the house
Must keep ______ chair:
He knows he will never again
Breathe ______ spring air:
His heart is worn with work;
______ is giddy and sick
If he rise to go ______ far
As the nearest rick:
He thinks of ______ morn of life,
His hale, strong years;
And ______ as he may the night
Of darkness and tears.