Nature
“Soft through the silent air”
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Nature
Soft through the silent air descend the feathery snow-flakes;
White are the distant hills, white are the neighboring fields;
Only the marshes are brown, and the river rolling among them
Weareth the leaden hue seen in the eyes of the blind.
Cite this poem
MLA
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. ““Soft through the silent air”.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/longfellow/297/.
Chicago
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. ““Soft through the silent air”.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/longfellow/297/.
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