[ti:Snow] [ar:Loreena Mckennitt] [al:A Winter Garden] [offset:500] [00:00.01]Loreena Mckennitt - Snow [00:11.70] [00:23.44]White are the far-off plains, and white [00:30.16]The fading forests grow; [00:34.72]The wind dies out along the height, [00:40.70]And denser still the snow [00:46.39]A gathering weight on roof and tree, [00:52.42]Falls down scarce audibly [00:57.50] [01:01.65]The meadows and far-sheeted streams [01:06.43]Lie still without a sound; [01:12.68]Like some soft minister of dreams [01:18.35]The snow-fall hoods me round; [01:23.77]In wood and water, earth and air [01:30.11]A silence everywhere [01:35.74] [01:44.01]Save when at lonely intervals [01:49.12]Some farmer's sleigh, urged on, [01:54.93]With rustling runners and sharp bells [02:00.93]Swings by me and is gone; [02:06.52]Or from the empty waste I hear [02:12.50]A sound remote and clear [02:19.70] [02:33.01]The barking of a dog, or call [02:38.04]To cattle, sharply pealed, [02:43.12]Borne echoing from some wayside stall [02:49.22]Or barnyard far afield; [02:55.13]Then all is silent and the snow falls [03:02.51]Settling soft and slow [03:10.01] [03:53.98]The evening deepens and the grey [03:59.35]Folds closer earth and sky [04:05.47]The world seems shrouded, far away. [04:11.21]Its noises sleep, and I as secret as [04:19.32]Yon buried stream plod dumbly on and dream. [04:32.36] [04:45.59][04:34.82]And dream [04:51.69][04:41.25] [04:55.50]And dream... [05:09.03] [05:14.18] [05:28.78]≈≈≈END≈≈≈