Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, GOD'S WEATHER: JANUARY, by ELIZABETH SEWELL HILL


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GOD'S WEATHER: JANUARY, by                    
First Line: Up the whitening blue, as the day-star grows dimmer
Last Line: Whip out a mad peal to just weather—god's weather.
Subject(s): Months; Snow; Time; Weather; Winter


Up the whitening blue, as the day-star grows dimmer,
The big sun bursts breathless, a boisterous swimmer,
While pallid and vibrant the grouped sun-dogs glimmer.

The forest branch snaps where the forest path darkens;
The hunted breath whitens as forest ears hearken;
And the piled snow, leaning over, the great boughs outweighing,
Puffs out thro' the dim woods, jarr'd down by our sleighing.

The great snowfields creak over deep-crusted heather,
Across to my high-pillar'd hearth-fire's sure tether,
And life wells as sleighbells and joybells together
Whip out a mad peal to just weather—God's weather.





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