Excerpt from Without and Within

by Richard Henry Stoddard, 1825–1903

The night is dark, and the winter winds

Go stabbing about with their icy spears;

The sharp hail rattles against the panes,

And melts on my cheek like tears.

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Macro photograph, hand-colored ice sheet

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