Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE WEAVER OF SNOW, by WILLIAM SHARP Poet's Biography First Line: In polar noons when the moonshine glimmers Last Line: The weaver of snow. Alternate Author Name(s): Macleod, Fiona Subject(s): Dreams; Fairies; Girls; Laughter; Snow; Weavers And Weaving; Nightmares; Elves | ||||||||
In Polar noons when the moonshine glimmers, And the frost-fans whirl, And whiter than moonlight the ice-flowers grow, And the lunar rainbow quivers and shimmers, And the Silent Laughers dance to and fro, A stooping girl As pale as pearl Gathers the frost-flowers where they blow: And the fleet-foot fairies smile, for they know The Weaver of Snow. And she climbs at last to a berg set free, That drifteth slow: And she sails to the edge of the world we see: And waits till the wings of the north wind lean Like an eagle's wings o'er a lochan of green, And the pale stars glow On berg and floe. . . . Then down on our world with a wild laugh of glee She empties her lap full of shimmer and sheen. And that is the way in a dream I have seen The Weaver of Snow. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE FAERY FOREST by SARA TEASDALE THE LAND OF HEART'S DESIRE by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS THE FAIRIES by WILLIAM ALLINGHAM THE FAIRY CHILD by JOHN ANSTER THE FORSAKEN MERMAN by MATTHEW ARNOLD THE LITTLE ELF-MAN by JOHN KENDRICK BANGS TAM O' SHANTER by ROBERT BURNS A BOOK OF AIRS: SONG 19. THE FAIRY QUEEN PROSERPINA by THOMAS CAMPION A PROPER NEW BALLAD [ENTITLED THE FAIRIES' FAREWELL] by RICHARD CORBET |
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