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PINE WOODS IN WINTER by INEZ CULVER CORBIN

First Line: OH, LITTLE WOOD, KNEE - DEEP IN SNOW
Last Line: JUST ONE MORE LOOK BEFORE I GO!
Subject(s): FORESTS; WINTER; WOODS;

Oh, little wood, knee-deep in snow
And hemmed in by the old fence row,
With crystal beam and frosted star,
How beautiful and still you are!
I wonder if I might intrude
Upon your lovely solitude.
Instead I only stare and stare,
There's radiant beauty everywhere.
The trees along each columned aisle
Are pyramids of silver, while
A low wind comes to shake them free
And scatter snowflakes carelessly . . .
Each silver flake a parting word
To breathe a prayer my heart has heard.

Oh, little wood, knee-deep in snow,
Just one more look before I go!



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