The summer is waning The frost coats the floor Eager to greet you I am once more Running my cheeks Wetting my clothes My friend through the winter I fall to my woes So slight and so mighty A breath to begin Humble to my core My ego [?] There's flowers by the stairwell And there's flowers by the [?] And there other blooms have perished These ones, they have thrived Purple and golden Shining bright in the sun I'll [?] them all day Till the evening that's cold