All the cattle in the byre;

Only we, of live things, roam

O'er the fells so far from home;

E'en the red fox in his lair

Snuggles close to keep him warm;

And the lonely, wandering hare

Crouches, shivering, in her form;

While by Greenlea's frozen edge

Hides the mallard in the sedge.

Son, come home; the ingle-seat