It must be time for me to post this again

[wellinghall]

No sun--no moon!
No morn--no noon!
No dawn--no dusk--no proper time of day--
No sky--no earthly view--
No distance looking blue--

No road--no street--
No "t'other side the way"--
No end to any Row--
No indications where the Crescents go--

No top to any steeple--
No recognitions of familiar people--
No courtesies for showing 'em--
No knowing 'em!

No mail--no post--
No news from any foreign coast--
No park--no ring--no afternoon gentility--
No company--no nobility--

No warmth, no cheerfulness, no healthful ease,
No comfortable feel in any member--
No shade, no shine, no butterflies, no bees,
No fruits, no flowers, no leaves, no birds,
November!

"November", by Thomas Hood; 1844

http://www.scrapbook.com/poems/doc/82.html

Comments

[nineveh-uk.livejournal.com]

Hurray for the Clean Air Act!

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Oh yes!

[lindahoyland.livejournal.com]

Very true!

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

But better now than in the days before the Clean Air Act

[heliopausa.livejournal.com]

:) Though I rather think you'd enjoy "No mail--no post--"!

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

That does sound attractive ...