April airs : a book of New England lyrics / Bliss Carman [electronic text]

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April airs : a book of New England lyrics / Bliss Carman [electronic text]

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Carman, Bliss, 1861-1929

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Boston, Mass.: Snall, Maynard and Company

1920

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"April airs : a book of New England lyrics / Bliss Carman [electronic text]." In the digital collection American Verse Project. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/BAE6137.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 1, 2025.

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BEFORE THE SNOW.

 NOW soon, ah, very soon, I know The trumpets of the north will blow, And the great winds will come to bring The pale wild riders of the snow. 

 Darkening the sun with level flight, At arrowy speed, they will alight, Unnumbered as the desert sands, To bivouac on the edge of night. 

 Then I, within their somber ring, Shall hear a voice that seems to sing, Deep, deep within my tranquil heart, The valiant prophecy of spring. 