Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900.
By Richard KendallMunkittrick1113 Ghosts
O
The first snowflakes I see,
As they frolic among the leafless
Limbs of the apple-tree.
As round the boughs they wing:
“We are the ghosts of the blossoms
That died in the early spring.”