SNOW QUEEN…SNOW FAERIE

 

Snow Queen,  where have you gone?

Your train spreads across the whole lawn…

It’s fluttery white,

Shining at night

As though lit up by a faun.

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Snow Faerie, where did you go,

Last night you were dancing as snow….

Fine flakes were wind-whipped

Daintily you tripped,

Upon the earth, lending your glow!

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Oh what do these spectres mean,

Dancing among the evergreen…

Folklore attains depth

Rather than face death,

Among the hearts from which they’re seen!

 

–Jonathan Caswell