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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A SNOW-SONG, by HENRY VAN DYKE Poet's Biography
First Line: Does the snow fall at sea?
Last Line: Fadeth the snow.
Alternate Author Name(s): Civis Americanus
Subject(s): Snow
First Line: Does the snow fall at sea?
Last Line: Fadeth the snow.
Alternate Author Name(s): Civis Americanus
Subject(s): Snow
DOES the snow fall at sea?
Yes, when the north winds blow,
When the wild clouds fly low,
Out of each gloomy wing,
Silently glimmering,
Over the stormy sea
Falleth the snow.
Does the snow hide the sea?
Nay, on the tossing plains
Never a flake remains;
Drift never resteth there;
Vanishing everywhere,
Into the hungry sea
Falleth the snow.
What means the snow at sea?
Whirled in the veering blast,
Thickly the flakes drive past;
Each like a childish ghost
Wavers, and then is lost;
In the forgetful sea
Fadeth the snow.
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