Dust of Snow
The way a crow Shook down on me The dust of snow From a hemlock tree
Has given my heart A change of mood And saved some part Of a day I had rued.
Robert Frost
SourceLicence:Public domain (US, unrenewed)
The way a crow Shook down on me The dust of snow From a hemlock tree
Has given my heart A change of mood And saved some part Of a day I had rued.
A crow in a hemlock tree shakes a light dusting of snow onto the speaker, and that tiny, accidental moment shifts his whole outlook. He had been in a gloomy, regretful mood — the day was one he “had rued” — but the soft fall of snow is enough to change his heart and save part of the day.
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