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white are the far-off plains, and white |
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the fading forests grow; |
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the wind dies out along the height, |
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and denser still the snow |
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a gathering weight on roof and tree, |
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falls down scarce audibly |
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|
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the meadows and far-sheeted streams |
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lie still without a sound; |
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like some soft minister of dreams |
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the snow-fall hoods me round; |
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in wood and water, earth and air |
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a silence everywhere |
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save when at lonely intervals |
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some farmers sleigh, urged on, |
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with rustling runners and sharp bells |
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swings by me and is gone; |
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or from the empty waste i hear |
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a sound remote and clear |
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|
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the barking of a dog, or call |
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to cattle, sharply pealed, |
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borne echoing from some wayside stall |
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or barnyard far afield; |
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then all is silent and the snow falls |
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settling soft and slow |
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|
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the evening deepens and the grey |
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folds closer earth and sky |
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the world seems shrouded, far away. |
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its noises sleep, and i as secret as |
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yon buried stream plod dumbly on and dream. |
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|
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and dream |
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|
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and dream |
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|
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and dream... |
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