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I. Winter without / And warmth within; / The winds may shout / And the storm begin; / The snows may pack / At the window pane, / And the skies grow black, / And the sun remain / Hidden away / The livelong day -- / But here -- in here is the warmth of May!
II. Swoop your spitefullest / Up the flue, / Wild Winds -- do!
What in the world do I care for you?
O delightfullest / Weather of all, / Howl and squall, / And shake the trees till the last leaves fall!
III. The joy one feels, / In an easy chair, / Cocking his heels / In the dancing air / That wreathes the rim of a roaring stove / Whose heat loves better than hearts can love, / Will not permit / The coldest day / To drive away / The fire in his blood, and the bliss of it!
IV. Then blow, Winds, blow!
And rave and shriek, / And snarl and snow / Till your breath grows weak -- / While here in my room / I'm as snugly shut / As a glad little worm / In the heart of a nut!