SNOW
featuring Exulate
LYRICS
White are the far-off plains, and white
The fading forests grow;
The wind dies out along the height,
The wind dies out along the height,
And denser still the snow,
A gathering weight on roof and tree,
A gathering weight on roof and tree,
Falls down scarce audibly.
The road before me smooths and fills
Apace, and all about
The fences dwindle, and the hills
Are blotted slowly out;
The naked trees loom spectrally
The fences dwindle, and the hills
Are blotted slowly out;
The naked trees loom spectrally
Into the dim white sky.
The meadows and far-sheeted streams
Lie still without a sound;
Like some soft minister of dreams
The snow-fall hoods me round;
In wood and water, earth and air,
Like some soft minister of dreams
The snow-fall hoods me round;
In wood and water, earth and air,
A silence everywhere.
The evening deepens, and the gray
Folds closer earth and sky;
The world seems shrouded far away;
The world seems shrouded far away;
Its noises sleep, and I,
As secret as yon buried stream,
As secret as yon buried stream,
Plod dumbly on, and dream.
Archibald Lampman (1861-1899)
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