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MAIN STREET AND OTHER POEMS

THE SNOWMAN IN THE YARD (continued) The Lord made Winter to punish them for half their exiled years,

To chill their blood with the snow, and pierce their flesh with the icy wind.

But we who inherit the primal curse, and labour for our bread,

Have yet, thank God, the gift of Home, though Eden's gate is barred:

And through the Winter's crystal veil, Love's roses blossom red,

For him who lives in a house that has a snowman in the yard. [ 21 ]