The trees stand stark and bare gainst winters lead grey sky
The snow lays cold and deep and the earth asleep doth lie

No bird song heard no little things move across the land
The earth in hibernation, a long sleep as winter makes its stand

I wake one morn in early dawn and warmth has come once more
A small bird sings, a green leaf springs from natures open door

Once again the land awakes and life begins anew
And the bitter cold of winter has vanished like the dew