Announced by all the trumpets of the sky,
Arrives the snow; and, driving o’er the fields,
seems nowhere to alight: the whited air
Hides hills and woods, the river, and the heaven,
And veils the farm-house at the garden’s end.
The sled and traveler stopped, the courier’s feet
Delayed, all friends shut out, the housemates sit
Around the radiant fireplace, enclosed
In a tumultuous privacy of storm.
--From “The Snow-storm” (1847) by R. W. Emerson
"as if the world weren't full enough of history without inventing more." ~ granny weatherwax, wyrd sisters.
~oOo~
2007-12-22
The Snow Storm (Boston, 2007)
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