Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1877-01-17
THE WELCOME STORM.

I, not usual fer the inhabitants OF
those regions where the snow falls 70
welcome the coming Of 9 winter Storm
rather il is q cause Of rejoicing ii such
yisita.ions are infrequent and the sea-
son is characterized by its E1ildness
and the infrequency of the seventies
pecn,,ar to that time of the year. But
with the coming of the long deferred
storm which fell upon us yesterday,
there is wide spread rejoicing; and
the thirsty earth, the bare fields and
the respondent husbandnan pat on
different and more seasonaoie anu
cheerful aspect. There is promise Tor
the future here; and in California
where the young grain has been with
cred end the great herds of cattle and
horses aud sheep have seemed Gooineo
To starvation and death the rain IS a
most welcome anG timely succor. so
there is rejoicing owe: the cessation OF
on. prolonged stretch OF beNa'hui,
eloud.ess weather; and the readers OF
the APPEAL, might, We venture TO
guess, he patient over a repetition oil
that much abused poem and fruitful
subiec. of the claims of rival authors,
..Tba Beautiful Snow" But re will
do better than 20 offer our readers
those clever but hackneyed lines. we
will reproduce, :;,sIead, Emerson
Incompatible poem upon
THE sNow-sToRN.
.nuouncel - all The iiumpets OF
the sky,
Arrives the snow, and, driving DER
the fields,
Seems nowhere to aiiSht: the "aheC
Hides hills and woods, the river, and
tie heaven,
And wells the farmhouse at the gar
denis end.
The sled and traveller stopped, the
couIier's feet
DELAYED, all friends shut out, the
houseina,es sit
Around the radiant fireplace. enclosed
In tu,nultuous privacy OF storm.
Cut Of au unseen quarry evermore
Furnished with tie, the fierce artihcef
curves his white bastions with prolec-
ted roof
Round every windwsrd stake, or tree
or door,
Speeding. the myriad handed, his
wild work
So fancif;,l, so savage, nousht cares he
For number or proportion. Mockingiy
On coon or kennel he hangs Parlan
wreaths:
A swsn-lil,e form invests the hidden
Fills mp the farmers lane 't>m WAL
to wall,
Maugre the farmers signs; and, al
the gate,
a tapering turre: overtops the work.
And when his hours are huuioeieu'
and the world
Il all his own, retiring. as he were not,
Leaves. when the sun appears, aston
ished Art
To mimic in slow structures, stone
by stone.
Built in an age, the mad winds night
work.
The froiic architecture Of the snow.
Nothing could present, even to
Nevadan's eyes, tie picture OF snow
storm more wildly than this. Who
has not been conscious Of the lar
streaming of the hakes as K they were
never 10 slight, hut 10 keep on in al
endless whirl into the boundlessness
OF space? And who has not sat,
"around the radiant fireplace" con-
sciou. of the cheer and the comfort OF
being beseiged by the resistiess storm
without? 8. The north winds ma
sonry,r-who has not wondered at Its
fantastic beauty, its "white bas.ions,'
it's" Parian wreaths," and incompara-
BILE magnificence of its "frolic archi-
lecture" built as with magic hand
during tho silence OF the mysterious
and awful night? This almost divine
gift of the Poets Of bringing to our
consciousness, in exact terms, state
ment of cur inner anu more delicate
and least expressibie impressions is
the charm they exercise upon US; ana
under the witchery of their ministra-
lions we find our inner Consciousness
awakened IS we never suspected it
would be and we are surprised and
exhilerated by self-reminding as
subtitle as it is charming. and as exalt-
ing as it is beautiful. Such poem as
this, possesses the power to reconcile
one 70 a sncw-storm under almost any
circumstances; and at this time, when
the fieecy flakes are hailed with hearty
rejoicing, and Winters self assertion
is greeted with a universal shout OF
approval, it finds audience and app!i-
cation and gains for Itself the ready
zest of welcome.