...the swarm And whirl-dance of the blinding storm, As zigzag wavering to and fro Crossed and recrossed the winged snow; And ere the early bed-time came The...storm roared on : The morning broke without a sun ; All day the hoary meteor fell, And when the second morning shone We looked upon a world unknown ;...

...wavering to and fro Crossed and recrossed the winged snow : And ere the early bedtime came The white drill piled the window-frame. And through the glass the...with lines Of Nature's geometric signs, In starry flake, and pellicle, All day the hoary meteor fell ; And, when (he second morning shone. We looked...

...the swarm And whirl-dance of the blinding storm, As zigzag wavering to and fro Crossed and recrossed the winged snow ; And ere the early bed-time came The white drift piled the window frame, And through the glass the clothes-line posts Looked in like tall and sheeted ghosts....

...fro Crossed and recrossed the winged snow: And ere the early bedtime came The white drift piled,the window-frame, And through the glass the clothes-line...with lines Of Nature's geometric signs, In starry flake, and pellicle, All day the hoary meteor fell; We looked upon a world unknown, On nothing we could...

...swarm And whirl-dance of the blinding storm, As, zigzag, wavering to and fro, Crossed and recrossed the winged snow. And ere the early bedtime came The...clothes-line posts Looked in like tall and sheeted ghosts. Study carefully this fine example of description. Before attempting the paraphrase, make as minute...

...Discriminate between marvel, wonder, miracle. Study especially spherule, pellicle, hoary, supernal. So all night long the storm roared on: The morning...with lines Of Nature's geometric signs, In starry flake, and pellicle, All day the hoary meteor fell; And, when the second morning shone, We looked upon...

...the swarm, And whirl dance of the blinding storm, As zigzag wavering to and fro Crossed and recrossed the winged snow: And ere the early bedtime came The white drift piled the window frame, And through the glass the clothesline posts Looked in like tall and sheeted ghosts. So...

...the swarm And whirl-dance of the blinding storm, As zigzag wavering to and fro Crossed and recrossed the winged snow : And ere the early bedtime came,...with lines Of Nature's geometric signs, In starry flake, and pellicle, All day the hoary meteor fell; And, when the second morning shone, We looked upon...

...bows." The gray day darkens to "A night made hoary with the swarm And whirl-dance of the blinding storm; The white drift piled the window-frame, And through...clothes-line posts Looked in like tall and sheeted ghosts." The poet's child-vision makes this fancy natural and Fancy. not grotesque. The whole transfiguration...

...The gray day darkens to " A night made hoary with the swarm And whirl-dance of the blinding storm ; The white drift piled the window-frame, And through...clothes-line posts Looked in like tall and sheeted ghosts." n8 Imagination. The poet's child-vision makes this fancy natural a.nd\famy. not grotesque. The whole...