XXXII + 

Already crisp hoar frosts impose + 

O’er all a sheet of silvery dust + 

(Readers expect the rhyme of rose, + 

There! take it quickly, if ye must). + 

Behold! than polished floor more nice + 

The shining river clothed in ice; + 

A joyous troop of little boys + 

Engrave the ice with strident noise. + 

A heavy goose on scarlet feet, + 

Thinking to float upon the stream, + 

Descends the bank with care extreme, + 

But staggers, slips, and falls. We greet + 

The first bright wreathing storm of snow + 

Which falls in starry flakes below. + 