Ice Bound

Many people have heard of John Greenleaf Whittier's poem "Snow Bound", but have you heard of "Ice Bound"? No it is not a long lost poem. A pair of swans thought the pond next to the woodpile would be a nice place to live. They took up residence. One morning they woke and found the pond had shrunk over night! They were "ice bound." It was the talk of the woodpile.