The Winter's Child

32×30 inches, oil on linen
private collection

ODE TO THE SNOW-DROP

The snowdrop, Winter’s timid child,
Awakes to life, bedew’d with tears;
And flings around its fragrance mild,
And where no rival flow’rets bloom,
Amid the bare and chilling gloom,
A beauteous gem appears!

~ by Mary Robinson (1757-1800)