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ICE by CHARLES GEORGE DOUGLAS ROBERTS

First Line: WHEN WINTER SCOURGED THE MEADOW AND THE HILL
Last Line: WHEREIN TO SIT AND WATCH THE FURY PASS.
Subject(s): ICE; NATURE; WINTER;

When Winter scourged the meadow and the hill
And in the withered leafage worked his will,
The water shrank, and shuddered, and stood still,—
Then built himself a magic house of glass,
Irised with memories of flowers and grass,
Wherein to sit and watch the fury pass.



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