The air was thick with snow.
“And of every flake of falling snow
Before it touched the ground,
There came a dove, and a thousand doves
Made sweet doves’ sound.
“’Twas the body of Judas Iscariot
Floated away full fleet,
And the wings of the dove that bore it off
Were like its winding-sheet.
“’Twas the Bridegroom stood at the open door