With branches coated topside white with snow. br And blue the shadows stretched along the ground. br Trees adding sharpness, a wintry view on show, br With dazzling, flickering sunshine, such can astound br The observing eye, which will discern and know br Each picture of nature's wealth, times made renowned. br And on a bench in silence sat a crow, br Held captive by a vista, with no sound. br Then flapping his wings, flew off, swooping quite low, br Leaving behind a frozen prospect to dumfound. br Thus, looking here and there, and to and fro br Across this painted scene, a heart is surely bound.