| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882). Complete Poetical Works. 1893. | | | | The Belfry of Bruges and Other Poems | Songs.
Afternoon in February |
| | | THE DAY is ending, | |
| The night is descending; | |
| The marsh is frozen, | |
| The river dead. | |
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| Through clouds like ashes | 5 |
| The red sun flashes | |
| On village windows | |
| That glimmer red. | |
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| The snow recommences; | |
| The buried fences | 10 |
| Mark no longer | |
| The road o’er the plain; | |
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| While through the meadows, | |
| Like fearful shadows, | |
| Slowly passes | 15 |
| A funeral train. | |
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| The bell is pealing, | |
| And every feeling | |
| Within me responds | |
| To the dismal knell; | 20 |
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| Shadows are trailing, | |
| My heart is bewailing | |
| And tolling within | |
| Like a funeral bell. | | | | |
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