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First Line: Soft lies the silent fall of snow
Last Line: Upon my spirit lie.
Alternate Author Name(s): Lake, Claude
Subject(s): Letters


Soft lies the silent fall of snow
Upon the hemlock tree;
Soft lies the moonlight's silver flow
Upon the troubled sea.

Sweet on the blossom of the vines
The night-dews drop from high;
But softer, sweeter far, thy lines
Upon my spirit lie.







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