"For the Time Being", from Auden's Christmas Oratorio

Now that the winter holiday season has mostly passed, it's time to dust off this piece, which I find always slots perfectly into this time of year-- the celebrations over, but the promise of spring yet to come. 

( Well, so that is that. Now we must dismantle the tree. )

In other news, I've jumped on yet another bandwagon.  Go crazy, people.