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THE WEAVER OF SNOW by WILLIAM SHARP

First Line: IN POLAR NOONS WHEN THE MOONSHINE GLIMMERS
Last Line: THE WEAVER OF SNOW.
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.
@3And that is the way in a dream I have seen
The Weaver of Snow.@1



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