Winter sunrise, at dawn emerging

Paints the sky azure and rose

Behind the mist with mellow softness

Morning daylight spreads and grows

Through a day that’s full and busy

In hedge and field, tree and sky

Nature toils and works its magic

Doing more than man might try

Close to dusk a new moon rises

While the sun drops out of sight

Birdsong quietens, roosting beckons

All seek shelter for the night