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"Are you awake, Gemelli, / This frosty night? " / "We'll be awake till reveille, / Which is Sunrise," say the Gemelli, / "It's no good trying to go to sleep: / If there's wine to be got we'll drink it deep, / But sleep is gone to to-night, / But sleep is gone for to-night."
"Are you cold too, poor Pleiads, / This frosty night? " / "Yes, and so are the Hyads: / See us cuddle and hug," say the Pleiads, / "All six in a ring: it keeps us warm: / We huddle together like birds in a storm: / It's bitter weather to-night, / It's bitter weather to-night."