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The Heart of the Year was a prompt from St. Nicholas Magazine, and was published in December 1927 issue. Howard Freedman was just 12 when he won this gold badge.
The Heart of the Year
By Howard Freedman (Age 12)
(Gold Badge. Silver Badge won August, 1926)
When Winter’s host from coast to coast
Is spread as an ermine robe,
And autumn has lost to the crackling frost
All over the temperate globe;
When the flowers sleep on the hillsides steep,
And a solemn hush pervades;
When the glistening snow, assaying woe,
Covers all woodland glades;
When from the north, blustering forth,
The wind is here to stay;
When winter’s might rules on, despite
All efforts to stop his way;
When all rejoice in a single voice,
And revel in Christmas cheer;
When the snapping cold reigns as of old;—
That is “The HEART of the YEAR.”
