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The Snow.

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It sifts from leaden sieves,     It powders all the wood,     It fills with alabaster wool     The wrinkles of the road.     It makes an even face     Of mountain and of plain, --     Unbroken forehead from the east     Unto the east again.     It reaches to the fence,     It wraps it, rail by rail,     Till it is lost in fleeces;     It flings a crystal veil     On stump and stack and stem, --     The summer's empty room,     Acres of seams where harvests were,     Recordless, but for them.     It ruffles wrists of posts,     As ankles of a queen, --     Then stills its artisans like ghosts,     Denying they have been.

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