. Bryant. Poems from the works of William Cullen Bryant. THE SNOW-SHOWER. Stand here by my side and turn, Ipray,On the lake below, thy gentleeyes; 57 The clouds hang over it, heavy andgray,And dark and silent the waterlies; leaf£E9b*from standard authors, Each mated flakeSoon sinks in the dark and silenlake. And out of that frozen mist the snowIn wavering flakes begins to flow;Flake after flakeThey sink in the dark and silent lake. See how in a living swarm they j L°! while we are gazing, in swifte hasteStream down the snows, till the : comeFrom the chambers beyond that misty veil; air is whit

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. Bryant. Poems from the works of William Cullen Bryant. THE SNOW-SHOWER. Stand here by my side and turn, Ipray,On the lake below, thy gentleeyes; 57 The clouds hang over it, heavy andgray,And dark and silent the waterlies; leaf£E9b*from standard authors, Each mated flakeSoon sinks in the dark and silenlake. And out of that frozen mist the snowIn wavering flakes begins to flow;Flake after flakeThey sink in the dark and silent lake. See how in a living swarm they j L°! while we are gazing, in swifte hasteStream down the snows, till the : comeFrom the chambers beyond that misty veil; air is white, Some hover awhile in air, and some | As, myriads by myriads madly chased,Rush prone from the sky like sum- I They fling themselves from their mer hail. shadowy fair, frail creatures of middle sky,What speed they make, with their graves so nigh; Flake after flake,To lie in the dark and silent lake! I see in thy gentle eyes a tear; They turn to me in sorrowfulthought;Thou thinkest of friends, the goodand dear,Who were for a time, and now

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