Nature

Jacky Frost

by Laura E. Richards 1850–1943

From In My Nursery (1890)

Nature

Jacky Frost, Jacky Frost,
Came in the night;
Left the meadows that he crossed
All gleaming white.
Painted with his silver brush
Every window-pane;
Kissed the leaves and made them blush,
Blush and blush again.

Jacky Frost, Jacky Frost,
Crept around the house,
Sly as a silver fox,
Still as a mouse.
Out little Jenny came,
Blushing like a rose;
Up jumped Jacky Frost,
And pinched her little nose.

MLA

Richards, Laura E. “Jacky Frost.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/richards_l/120/.

Chicago

Richards, Laura E. “Jacky Frost.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/richards_l/120/.

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