Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE SNOWFLAKES, by J. A. HARM


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First Line: Soft, starry, crystal snow-flakes
Last Line: All the earth on christmas day.
Subject(s): Christmas; Snow; Winter; Nativity, The


SOFT, starry, crystal snow-flakes,
From far, cold seas of misty gray,
As frozen froth on foam waves,
Come flickering down the hazy way,—

Biting, chilling—thrilling
Every heart where'er they go;
Painting, glinting—tinting
Every cheek with rosy glow;

Like arctic leaves, white, silken,
From tendrils, twigs and boughs of mist,
By breezes blown and teased and tossed,
By tiny cold-sprites gently kissed,—

Falling, flitting, flickering,
Never tarrying in their flight;
Glancing, prancing, dancing
With a shower of glistening white;

As frost-fringed flowers, pale-petaled,
From icy, airy, chilly clime,
In gardens grown 'mid dainty folds
Of curling clouds and mist divine,—

Blooming, shimmering, glimmering
In the dismal grimy gray;
Fluttering, swirling, whirling
Gayly in their frisky play;

As crosses, crescents, diamonds,
Silvery stars, and pallid pearls,
Sprinkled, scattered through the skies
In swiftly sweeping, showering swirls;—

Leaping, hurrying, scurrying
Swiftly zig zag, here and there;
Rushing, racing, chasing
Lightly, spritely, through the air;

Welcome, Christmas jewels,
From your distant, frigid flight!
Come to deck the barren landscape
With your chaste and downy white,—

Freshening, brightening, whitening
Fields and meadows bleak and brown,
Tinseling, tinging, fringing
Trees and grass with crystal gown;

Welcome, Christmas blessings!
Heaven's purest, whitest gift,
Robing earth's hard frozen bosom
In a crystal, fleecy drift,—

Glowing, gleaming, beaming
What a sparkling, light array!
Gladdening, brightening, whitening
All the earth on Christmas day.





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