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Announced by all the trumpets of the sky, Arrives the snow.
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)Poems, “The Snowstorm,” 1847
A sad tale’s best for winter. I have one of sprites and goblins.
William Shakespeare (1564-1616)A Winter’s Tale, 1610
There’s a certain Slant of light, Winter Afternoons– That oppresses, like the Heft Of Cathedral Tunes—
Emily Dickinson (1830-1886)No. 258, c. 1861
In winter I get up at night And dress by yellow candlelight.
Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894)A Child’s Garden of Verses, “Bed in Summer,” 1885
In the bleak midwinter Frosty wind made moan, Earth stood hard as iron, Water like a stone; Snow had fallen, snow on snow, Snow on snow, In the bleak midwinter, Long ago.
Christina Rossetti (1830-1894) A Christmas Carol
Andrew Wyeth (1917- ) quoted by Richard Meryman in The Art of Andrew Wyeth, 1973
Whose woods these are I think I know. His house is in the village though; He will not see me stopping here To watch his woods fill up with snow.
Robert Frost (1874-1963) “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening,” 1923
George Herbert (1593-1633)Jacula Prudentum, 1651
Willa Cather (1873-1947)My Ántonia, 1918
Ezra Pound (1885-1972) Ancient Music
William Bradford (1590-1657)Of Plymouth Plantation, 1620-1647
William Shakespeare (1564-1616)Love’s Labour’s Lost, 1594
Boris Pasternak (1890-1960)Doctor Zhivago, 1958
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TrendingHere are the facts and trivia that people are buzzing about.
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The Twelve Dancing Princesses
Current Events This Week: January 2023
African Americans by the Numbers
Andersen’s Fairy Tales: Contents
The Celtic Twilight: A Teller of Tales
- Did Birds Evolve from Dinosaurs?
- The Twelve Dancing Princesses
- Current Events This Week: January 2023
- African Americans by the Numbers
- Andersen’s Fairy Tales: Contents
- The Celtic Twilight: A Teller of Tales
