Long Shadows - Maddy Prior

When long shadows fall and dwarf the trees at evening

When white winter light burnishes the streams

Then I will bring you a coat of soft lambs wool

To keep your back from the keen northern wind

When snow shames the sheep that huddle to the leeward

When snowdrops peep from darkness unfurled

Then I will bring you boots with fur linings

To keep your feet dry as you walk o’er the world

When home becomes a prison and snowdrifts lock the door

When February Fildyke drenches the moor

When black rain freezes and whips at your hand

Then I will bring you a carriage with wheels of wind

To take you away from this barren land