Dust of Snow
Robert Frost (1874-1963)
Let's see whether he needed the letter E.
Dust of Snow
The way a crow
Shook down on me
The dust of snow
From a hemlock tree
Has given my heart
A change of mood
And saved some part
Of a day I had rued.Dust of Snow
I'm glad that a crow
shook down just now
my dusting of snow
from a poison-bough:
a try-again start
transforming my mood,
and saving a part
of a day not good.Translation: Copyright © Timothy Adès