Months

January cold desolate;

February all dripping wet;

March wind ranges;

April changes;

Birds sing in tune

To flowers of May,

And sunny June

Brings longest day;

In scorched July

The storm-clouds fly

Lightening torn;

August bears corn,

September fruit;

In rough October

Earth must disrobe her,

Stars fall and shoot

In keen November;

And night is long

And cold is strong

In bleak December.

Written by Christina Rossetti (1830-1894)