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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SNOW, by BLANCHE M. GARDNER
First Line: One night the wind and snow came down
Last Line: But not my memory.
Subject(s): Snow
First Line: One night the wind and snow came down
Last Line: But not my memory.
Subject(s): Snow
One night the wind and snow came down
To make way for the Spring;
To clean the earth, and shine the trees,
And dust off everything.
Instead, they painted trees and shrubs,
The house tops and the ground,
A gleaming, dazzling virgin-white;
They covered every mound.
I raised my eyes and breathed a prayer
For sight God gave to me
That I might see this fairyland
Of lace and filigree.
Entranced, I looked until the Sun
Came out in jealousy,
Erasing beauty wrought at night,
But not my memory.
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