midvinternattens kld r hrd stjrnorna gnistra och glimma alla sova i enslig grd gott intill morgontimma mnen snker sin tysta ban snn lyser vit p fur och gran snn lyser vit p taken endast tomten r vaken the frost of the midwinters night is hard the stars glitter and gleam all are asleep on the distant farm deep till the morning hour the moon sinks in his silent path the snow glows white on pine and spruce the snow glows white upon the roofs only tomten is awake again , her eyes glistened as she closed the book .