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Bliss Carman, et al., eds. The World’s Best Poetry. 1904.

III. The Seasons

Snow-Flakes

Mary Mapes Dodge (1831–1905)

WHENEVER a snow-flake leaves the sky,

It turns and turns to say “Good-bye!

Good-bye, dear clouds, so cool and gray!”

Then lightly travels on its way.

And when a snow-flake finds a tree,

“Good-day!” it says—“Good-day to thee!

Thou art so bare, and lonely, dear,

I ’ll rest and call my comrades here.”

But when a snow-flake, brave and meek,

Lights on a rosy maiden’s cheek,

It starts—“How warm and soft the day!

’T is summer!”—and it melts away.