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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SNOW (2), by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: No breath of wind
Last Line: His lonely tune.
Alternate Author Name(s): Ramal, Walter; De La Mare, Walter
Subject(s): Snow
First Line: No breath of wind
Last Line: His lonely tune.
Alternate Author Name(s): Ramal, Walter; De La Mare, Walter
Subject(s): Snow
No breath of wind,
No gleam of sun --
Still the white snow
Whirls softly down --
Twig and bough
And blade and thorn
All in an icy
Quiet, forlorn.
Whispering, rustling,
Through the air,
On sill and stone,
Roof -- everywhere,
It heaps its powdery
Crystal flakes,
Of every tree
A mountain makes;
Till pale and faint
At shut of day,
Stoops from the West
One wintry ray.
And, feathered in fire,
Where ghosts the moon,
A robin shrills
His lonely tune.
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