Comfort and joy. Fireside woodsmoke, a well worn leather couch, a dark rum hot toddy laced with spiced honey in front of a bed of glowing amber embers.
The back log on the fire-dogs burns;
Its red flame flickers to and fro;
On window-pane Frost deftly turns
Fantastic landscapes, laced with snow,
While chilling blasts of winter blow !
Draw curtains low, shut out the night.
Near fender wheel the old arm-chair;
Come sit thee down by hearth-stone light,
While freezing wind, in wild despair,
Howls maddened through the frosty air...
— Harriet Maxwell Converse
Art: Pixies Dancing in a Ring by the Firelight by William Bell Scott, c. late 1800s
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