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Silent syllables

2007.12.14

Snowflakes

Out of the bosom of the Air.
Out of the cloud-folds of her garments shaken,
Over the woodlands brown and bare,
Over the harvest-fields forsaken,
Silent and soft and slow
Descends the snow.
Even as our cloudy fancies take
Suddenly shape in some divine expression,
Even as the troubled heart doth make
In the white countenance confession,
The troubled sky reveals
The grief it feels
This is the poem of the air,
Slowly in silent syllables recorded;
This is the secret of despair,
Long in its cloudy bosom hoarded,
Now whispered and revealed
To wood and field.

~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
31 Comments
coralinad Makes me want to whisper... "beautiful"
coralinad · 2007-12-14: 09:42
pandodo great
pandodo · 2007-12-14: 09:52
izabela1210 nice photo
izabela1210 · 2007-12-14: 10:02
lexlevans snow on trees - can't get much prettier! i love the animal track on the side of the road too!
lexlevans · 2007-12-14: 10:29
DancingDolphin WELL.... guess you got a little snow out your way! :-) Perfect shot!
DancingDolphin · 2007-12-14: 10:32
peregol WOW!!! Another great shot. Fantastic composition
peregol · 2007-12-14: 10:55
wanderers Just a dream!
wanderers · 2007-12-14: 14:52
emilith9 Gorgeous!
emilith9 · 2007-12-14: 15:32
lamoon53 Gorgeous...Winter is beautiful in your neck of the country.... if only it wasn't so cold!
lamoon53 · 2007-12-14: 15:47
pattyb Icy perfection!! This has to be one of the most beautiful winter shots I have seen, also a beautiful poem from Longfellow.

pattyb · 2007-12-14: 17:11
rolpa Fabulous study in white/blue with a few other touches!
rolpa · 2007-12-14: 17:26
kangshung How can trees grow in that climate?!! A wonderful photo.
kangshung · 2007-12-14: 18:29
MHJphotos Yet another amazing shot! Everything about this shot is perfect!
MHJphotos · 2007-12-14: 18:31
Madoc Wonderful shot again!
Surreal and magical,
Unique and majestic!
I loooove it!!!
Madoc · 2007-12-14: 20:20
jwideman wooooooooooow!! GORGEOUS!!
jwideman · 2007-12-14: 20:42
dkelly wow !!!!!!
dkelly · 2007-12-14: 21:37
fionarobinson very pretty and it looks very cold
fionarobinson · 2007-12-15: 03:36
jet28 Truly beautiful :-)
jet28 · 2007-12-15: 04:35
MAZDA It's a kind of magic magic magic
MAZDA · 2007-12-15: 05:12
Agodashi Awesome shot, love it, impresive!!
Agodashi · 2007-12-15: 08:20
spikepole This is magnificent!
spikepole · 2007-12-15: 08:24
youlookmahvelous This is a beautiful shot, I love the little bit of brown on the ground for contrast and the composition, just lovely!!
youlookmahvelous · 2007-12-15: 09:54
Genevieve straight to my favourites...just like the last post
Genevieve · 2007-12-15: 21:49
vterezia BEAUTIFUL TREE!!!
vterezia · 2007-12-15: 22:32
aknor Very nice - I love hoarfrost on trees! Makes me wish that we'd get some snow!
aknor · 2007-12-15: 22:41
mamus beautiful :)
mamus · 2007-12-15: 23:44
dweiskir I'm just sitting here, staring at this. This really needs to be framed and hung in a gallery.
dweiskir · 2007-12-16: 20:30
soldotnamanda I agree with dweiskir. Frame it . . . we'll buy it.
soldotnamanda · 2007-12-18: 09:37
Jannie What perfect winter scene! This would make an awesome Christmas card!!
Jannie · 2007-12-18: 23:09
pandodo perfect winter scene
pandodo · 2007-12-18: 23:29
SuperG Very beautiful and nice title.
SuperG · 2007-12-24: 18:52
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