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  2. The Need of Being Versed in Country Things - Wikipedia

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    The house had gone to bring again To the midnight sky a sunset glow. Now the chimney was all of the house that stood, Like a pistil after the petals go. The barn opposed across the way, That would have joined the house in flame Had it been the will of the wind, was left To bear forsaken the place’s name. No more it opened with all one end

  3. The Cold Within - Wikipedia

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    "The Cold Within" is a poem written in the 1960s by American poet James Patrick Kinney. It has appeared in countless church bulletins, web sites and teaching seminars, as well as magazines and newspapers, including Dear Abby 's column on 5 September 1999. [ 2 ]

  4. Hedgehog's dilemma - Wikipedia

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    Multiple European hedgehogs. The hedgehog's dilemma, or sometimes the porcupine dilemma, is a metaphor about the challenges of human intimacy.It describes a situation in which a group of hedgehogs seek to move close to one another to share heat during cold weather.

  5. Those Winter Sundays - Wikipedia

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    The image of cold also evokes solitude and emotional human distance. "from labor in the weekday weather made banked fires blaze. No one ever thanked him." A small part of the poem is stated above, this summarises the main idea of the poem itself: the father works to keep the family safe and warm without expecting appreciation for it. [9]

  6. Birches (poem) - Wikipedia

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    Summer or winter, and could play alone. One by one he subdued his father's trees By riding them down over and over again Until he took the stiffness out of them, And not one but hung limp, not one was left For him to conquer. He learned all there was To learn about not launching out too soon And so not carrying the tree away Clear to the ground.

  7. Hidden risks of drinking alcohol in cold weather explained

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    Alcohol widens blood vessels under the skin, so they fill with warm blood. This can make you flushed or feel hot. However, in the cold, that can lead to hypothermia, according to the National ...

  8. Darkness (poem) - Wikipedia

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    The year 1816 was known as the Year Without a Summer, because Mount Tambora had erupted in the Dutch East Indies the previous year, casting enough sulphur into the atmosphere to reduce global temperatures and cause abnormal weather across much of north-east America and northern Europe. This pall of darkness inspired Byron to write his poem.

  9. Warmth to build across the parched Plains - AOL

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    Through much of this week, AccuWeather meteorologists say that a persistent stretch of dry weather will grip the Central states. As a dry, warm air mass reigns over the Front Range and part of the ...