StNicholas [serial] . and low the gray clouds lieLike smoke of battle in the sky,And through the branches, stiff as wire,The wind goes crackling like a , in the gray west, struggles throughA thin, pale, peeping hint of , swift and noiseless, up the skies,Wind-swept, the dark cloud-curtains rise,And oer the startled landscape runThe burnished lances of the sun,A gorgeous pageantry of light,A blinding brilliance, dazzling white! The world is one wide crystal maze; A myriad opals burst ablaze, And pearls and diamonds multiply Beyond the measuring of the eye ! Each thorn-bush in th

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StNicholas [serial] . and low the gray clouds lieLike smoke of battle in the sky,And through the branches, stiff as wire,The wind goes crackling like a , in the gray west, struggles throughA thin, pale, peeping hint of , swift and noiseless, up the skies,Wind-swept, the dark cloud-curtains rise,And oer the startled landscape runThe burnished lances of the sun,A gorgeous pageantry of light,A blinding brilliance, dazzling white! The world is one wide crystal maze; A myriad opals burst ablaze, And pearls and diamonds multiply Beyond the measuring of the eye ! Each thorn-bush in the hedge-row bears More jewels than a princess wears, And every briar flaunts a gem, Fit for an emperors diadem. For one brief wonder-hour the world Shines iridescent and empearled, Then ruthless javelins of the sun Strip of its glories, one by one, Till all this glittering, blinding-bright Effulgent miracle of light, Planned, built and finished in a night, By cunning genii of the Frost, Fades into vapor and is Dr&wt\ by

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