Stare from the lattice of a mill,

While the lank sails clacked idly by

High on the windy hill.

FOG

STAGNANT this wintry gloom. Afar

The farm-cock bugles his 'Qui vive?'

The towering elms are lost in mist;

Birds in the thorn-trees huddle a-whist;

The mill-race waters grieve.

Our shrouded day