Now all the Roads/The Snowflake [DE LA Mare poems set to music]
Channel: tobydarling
Date: 2023-12-22

Now All The Roads (Walter de la Mare)

Am G F Am
Now all the roads to London Town
Am E7 Am
Are windy-white with snow;
Bm G
There’s shouting and cursing,
A C#
And snorting to and fro;
F#m C#m
But when night hangs her hundred lamps,
D A Bm
And the snickering frost-fires creep,
G Bm
Then still, O; dale and hill, O;
A C#7
Snow’s fall’n deep.
F#m Bm
Then still, O; dale and hill; O;
F#7 Bm
Snow’s fall’n deep

The carter cracks his leathery whip;
The ostler shouts Gee-whoa;
The farm dog grunts and sniffs and snuffs;
Bleat sheep; and cattle blow;
Soon Moll and Man in dream are laid,
And snoring Dick’s asleep;
Then still, O; dale and hill, O;
Snow’s fall’n deep.
Then still, O; dale and hill; O;
Snow’s fall’n deep


The Snowflake

D 
Before I melt,
Come, look at me!
G C G
This lovely icy filigree!
Dm
Of a great forest
Am
In one night
Dm Am
I make a wilderness 
Dm
Of white:
G Dm 
By skyey cold
C Dm
Of crystals made,
G Dm
All softly on
C E7
Your finger laid,
D
I pause, that you
My beauty see:
G C
Breathe, and I vanish
G
Instantly.

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