StarWind Gardens in the Winter

Let us walk in the white snow

In a soundless space;

With footsteps quiet and slow,

At a tranquil pace,

Under veils of white lace.

We shall walk through the still town,

In a windless peace;

We shall step upon white down,

Upon silver fleece,

Upon softer than these.

We shall walk in velvet shoes

Wherever we go

Silence will fall like dews

On white silence below

We shall walk in the snow

One without looks in tonight

Through the curtain chink

From the sheet of glistening white,

One without looks in tonight

As we sit and think

By the fender brink.

We do not discern those eyes

Watching in the snow;

Lit by lamps of rosy dyes

We do not discern those eyes

Wondering, aglow

Fourfooted, tiptoe.

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