Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1876-01-14
Winter.
BY RoDEN NoKL

Blue green frs wsver in water wan
Save where red boies and robes unInoysd md dim
SNOW the Keen wizard Frost prevails upon
6ven rivers low ciink bewrzys a slim
BIRD who hath lighted on the msrye 10 dr,nk
Aerial webs invisible, that link
.ors russell iern with sluInes oI yellow yrau
AZ ana green hr- needles. are paipabls star chain,
VI larry Jewels: from furze points they pass.
Every dark-gfeen lance of broom sustains
Like burden all are aedg ged with crystal soft
mist frozen IN piumalets; many a taper tutt
Adorns the Wine sta ned brxmole, aud N, nI.d,
AND bronzy twigs Of trees bereit of shade
II.
BRAKES white with frost, and orange reeds are fair
Beneath yOn sombre masses Of cold irs
Stream mirrored, white a silver birch,s hair
Ia uanss, hke dark smoke, athwart the laden air,
"'Lter upon small marish pools confers
As On our panes. with palms aud vreaths others
delicate -tarn0wer beauty rivaling
All Fragile water-petals o, sweet spring. .
Splrkles wine-dark .errugn nous lens and linz
DssOIate low ands where The bitteru booms
dragon train walls 'thwsrt the solitude
.Iine oIesthins. with n long seli-luminous brood
anu A''' i'n- ~" steam ahcns gray ylOoms-
III
Snow falls-hath fallen-alI the land ia white
fure snow clIngs frozen To labyriuths Of tree.
They In a narrow land aloft unite;
winter hath Clothed with a pure foliage these b
r1ty Ing them, bereit Of SPRING. delight
no" iairylike their yelled pale silences
reathery shadows a gray INST informing
with beauty, as ffall coralnnes dim sea
Some alien planet our earth seems to be
Earth lies lair in her shroud and s.umbereth
so ialr the pure white silence Of dim death
10 the sun neetlng plantOm .aintly warming
Mists into heavens blue, while they fush and dee:
budding biEcn-sp aJ s hang laughing j-welry
VI opal Ice athwart the int that cheers;
thinking II !al!s, or melis iu juoilant tears
~.
uayly snow hounces eIrthwa-d in tho sun
or frozen glisters with an Icy edse
TO wlndwaTd Of the simhOie birds in dun
fiumase, iair-iorned Gives, whistle in the hedge,
scatter its ermine IN intle tnsy run.
Dlnt earths olthe Mess carpet shake the foam
splashed upon all green bramhies and red !ruitei
hoiiies or thorns, or hrias, where they roam
OCr ever sNeetsOnzcd rabld Ticnly suited
AMI birds reseFvinS Tor i-aher home
And ioveher lands the voice wherein love luted
ETewhIle IN yon dead summer shadows blue
Nestle where beast or niau bath trOddeu deep
10 crisp starred snow fur mantles iair eudue
matched rOOi, wan, barn. sud hyre and slowly
creep
To fringe Of diamond iccle tho waters are asleep
No skaters whlr and whirl, a. ersI upon the in-
prisoned gray
smooth water uO chubby chi dren slide and shout
and play
Pie the llluminins lv.s within. aud let them
crackls -avi
Bright holly and green mist letoe cheering our
he4rtAs keep
Warm CLINT the polished cha r snt glasses willis
yule fires glos deep.
But Nhen dear babes e drelmnS With halo
near the moon,
And al the.r nursery doors arc set small f4i.yap-
pearing slOon.
here ~ll lu1t Voice az my Sue bells over earth,
pale sNuuud.
Atd sWc-t sad iAys OF msu.rt 10 hauut US In thar
sound
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