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January
Janus am I; oldest of potentates; / Forward I look, and backward, and below / I count, as god of avenues and gates, / The years that through my portals come and go. / I block the roads, and drift the fields with snow; / I chase the wild-fowl from the frozen fen; / My frosts congeal the rivers in their flow, / My fires light up the hearths and hearts of men.