Silently glimmering,

Over the stormy sea

Falleth the snow.

 Does the snow hide the sea? Nay, on the tossing plains Never a flake remains; Drift never resteth there; Vanishing everywhere, Into the hungry sea Falleth the snow.

Does the snow hide the sea?

Nay, on the tossing plains

Never a flake remains;

Drift never resteth there;

Vanishing everywhere,

Into the hungry sea

Falleth the snow.

 What means the snow at sea? Whirled in the veering blast, Thickly the flakes drive past; Each like a childish ghost Wavers, and then is lost; In the forgetful sea Fadeth the snow.

What means the snow at sea?

Whirled in the veering blast,

Thickly the flakes drive past;

Each like a childish ghost

Wavers, and then is lost;

In the forgetful sea

Fadeth the snow.

1875.

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