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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SNOW PATTERN, by EMILY R. DENTON
First Line: Out of the dream: wind in the snow all day
Last Line: That was so proud.
Subject(s): Cold
First Line: Out of the dream: wind in the snow all day
Last Line: That was so proud.
Subject(s): Cold
Out of the dream: wind in the snow all day,
Wrapping itself in the snow, tearing it up for a veil to cover it;
And at night the sky, and a girl standing,
So cold, with a mind to wrap herself as the wind does,
Making a warmth at last. But the fingers catch at her,
And she, afraid and quivering, turns to the dark house,
Where the cold creeps like a little animal with a tail,
Gnawing at the baseboards, and the wind is also naked,
Having to cover it only the dust and the cobwebs,
That was so proud.
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