The world is asleep! All hushed is Nature's warm, sweet breath. <br />The world is asleep, and dreaming the silent dream of snow, <br />But through the silence that seems like the silence of death, <br />Under their shroud of ermine, the souls of the roses glow. <br /> <br />And forever the heart of the water throbs and beats, <br />Though bound by a million gleaming fetters and crystal rings, <br />No sound on lonesome mornings the lonely watcher greets, <br />But the frosty pane is impressed with the shadow of coming wings.<br /><br />Marietta Holley<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-dream-of-spring/
