Under the snow.

Robert Bridges

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THE COMFORTERS

When I crept over the hill, broken with tears,

When I crouched down on the grass, dumb in despair,

I heard the soft croon of the wind bend to my ears,

I felt the light kiss of the wind touching my hair.

When I stood lone on the height my sorrow did speak,

As I went down the hill, I cried and I cried,