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FRAGMENT: DECEMBER 18, 1847 by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW

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First Line: SOFT THROUGH THE SILENT AIR DESCEND THE FEATHERY SNOW-FLAKES
Last Line: WEARETH THE LEADEN HUE SEEN IN THE EYES OF THE BLIND.
Soft through the silent air descend the feathery snow-flakes;
White are the distant hills, white are the neighboring fields;
Only the marshes are brown, and the river rolling among them
Weareth the leaden hue seen in the eyes of the blind.


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