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White are the far-off plains, and white |
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The fading forests grow; |
| [00:34.72] |
The wind dies out along the height, |
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And denser still the snow |
| [00:46.39] |
A gathering weight on roof and tree, |
| [00:52.42] |
Falls down scarce audibly |
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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 farmer's sleigh, urged on, |
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With rustling runners and sharp bells |
| [02:00.93] |
Swings by me and is gone; |
| [02:06.52] |
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 |
| [02:38.04] |
To cattle, sharply pealed, |
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Borne echoing from some wayside stall |
| [02:49.22] |
Or barnyard far afield; |
| [02:55.13] |
Then all is silent and the snow falls |
| [03:02.51] |
Settling soft and slow |
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The evening deepens and the grey |
| [03:59.35] |
Folds closer earth and sky |
| [04:05.47] |
The world seems shrouded, far away. |
| [04:11.21] |
Its noises sleep, and I as secret as |
| [04:19.32] |
Yon buried stream plod dumbly on and dream. |
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And dream |
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And dream... |
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