The Poetical Works of George MacDonald

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IV.

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morning clear, with frosty light From sunbeams late and low;

They shine upon the snow so white,

And shine back from the snow.

Down tusks of ice one drop will go,

Nor fall: at sunny noon

'Twill hang a diamond--fade, and grow

An opal for the moon.

And when the bright sad sun is low

Behind the mountain-dome,

A

twilight wind will come and blow Around the children's home,

And puff and waft the powdery snow,

As feet unseen did pass;

While, waiting in its bed below,

Green lies the summer grass.

SONGS OF THE WINTER NIGHTS.

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