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And when the morning came ' twas still and grey, And not a bird was stirrin g in the trees, And not a yellow leaf of autumn ' s store Hung and fluttered in a morning breeze. For while they ' d slept and dreamed their dreams of joy The wild North wind had tamed him for the fight, And creeping down in sighing fashion, sly, Had robbed them of their summer memoirs light. With howling, screaming, whistling then he ' d blown Till warmth crept out and fled in dire dismay; And lowering snow clouds filled the morning sky, And mingled with the hills, so dim and grey. Ere long the great white flakes began to float Thro ' all the air. Not softer is the fall Of apple blossoms in the early spring — As silent as the swaying of a poplar tall. But now with greater speed and more intent, Fighting and dancing with each other down Thicker and faster to the earth they went, Like armies of gay fairies rushing round. And when again the day had followed night, A wondrous change had come o ' er every place. And everyTvhere a filmy, feathery white Was clinging, swinging, or heaped up in space. The boxes, large and cumbersome and dark. Were burdened round with heavy patches white, Which dared a contrast with the bold, dull green, Striving to rise up and assert its might. And all the little twigs on the bare trees (Which lately had stood out ' gainst sunset sky) Now gleamed and glittered in the gayest array. The daintiest lace-work that e ' er met the eye. All, save the mighty pines, which bowed their strength In calm submission to their native lord, The round magnolias, too, did bend them low, But more in wonder than in dread of monarch ' s word. Belmont itself, the gay, the grand, the good. Was bound indeed in airy fetters white, And every haunt the happy girls had loved Was changed now, heaped up with jewels bright. The carpet of the lawn, once green and gay, Was sprinkled with a thousand diamonds o ' er, A heap of snow crowned every summer house. Center pavilion, lab. and gym. and tower. The statues stood new decked in garments pure ; The Please-keep-off-this-Path -es hid their face, And stood, half covered, here and there amidst The snow that pathless lay, a glittering waste. For wheresoe ' er the eye was cast was beauty. From hill to hill, from cottage and from tower, And every heart was glad and gay and merry, Despite the cold, despite the Snow King ' s power And the Snow King sate in his ancient hold — The palace of hailstones, shining and cold — Around him his warriors, stem, severe; But each had left his icicle spear Dangling low in the land of the South, From many a roof of many a house; They sate and talked ; each told his tale Of merry work with sleet or hail. But after the many tales were told, Of boisterous lands o ' ercome with cold. And the King had approved their exploits fine With many a flagon of royal wine, He chuckled aloud, as he raised this toast: Good for the works of which ye boast; But here ' s to the South, and mostly the jaunt That we planned and carried at fair Belmont!
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Belmont Sno-wbound MALLIE GAINES WILSON. HE Snow King sate in his ancient hold — A palace of hailstones, shining, cold — ' Round him his warriors, stern, severe. And armed each with an icy spear; They sate and planned. Anon their lord Called for his messenger. At his word A mighty lord came bustling in, The North wind he, sans kith and kin. He will crackle, and whistle, and storm and squall. Or will soothe and caress, and over all His beautiful snow send silently down. Till every villa and farm and town Be adorned in a robe of matchless white; The streams will stop to own his might. And obeisance make; and even the day Will diminish its train and hide away. The Snow King spoke (his voice was deep And hollow like the downward leap. Or the frozen fall of a river, great) : Our pleasure is to invade the State So long exempt from our stormy rule. So far removed that she feels not full The sway of the power that owns her; we Must claim from the sunshine, Tennessee. Go, good wind! the Snow King said; The North wind went, and his great head Was whirling with messages out of the North, Which he soon would scatter abroad in the South; And the Snow King chuckled aloud as he thought Of the many changes that would be wrought In the land of the South, and mostly the jaunt He had planned for a fair place called Belmont. Go thou, in all thy furious haste. Sweep from the land each ugly waste, Each leaf and twig that lingers yet To tell of summer ' s growth ; and let Thy roaring voice speak loudly forth, And say or sigh that from the North The Snow King comes in all his might. Armed with sleet and icy night. ' Twas after all the light and warmth and joy Of Belmont ' s happy Recreation Night. The girls had danced the last to Home, Sweet Home, And now they slept and dreamed till morning hsht.
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