{"id":476,"date":"2021-06-22T09:32:48","date_gmt":"2021-06-22T13:32:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.ryerson.ca\/claudemckay\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=476"},"modified":"2022-02-03T09:34:55","modified_gmt":"2022-02-03T14:34:55","slug":"the-snow-fairy","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/chapter\/the-snow-fairy\/","title":{"raw":"The Snow Fairy","rendered":"The Snow Fairy"},"content":{"raw":"I\r\n\r\nThroughout the afternoon I watched them there,\r\nSnow-fairies falling, falling from the sky,\r\nWhirling fantastic in the misty air,\r\nContending fierce for space supremacy.\r\nAnd they flew down a mightier force at night,\r\nAs though in heaven there was revolt and riot,\r\nAnd they, frail things had taken panic flight\r\nDown to the calm earth seeking peace and quiet.\r\nI went to bed and rose at early dawn\r\nTo see them huddled together in a heap,\r\nEach merged into the other upon the lawn,\r\nWorn out by the sharp struggle, fast asleep.\r\nThe sun shone brightly on them half the day,\r\nBy night they stealthily had stol\u2019n away.\r\n\r\nII\r\n\r\nAnd suddenly my thoughts then turned to you\r\nWho came to me upon a winter\u2019s night,\r\nWhen snow-sprites round my attic window flew,\r\nYour hair disheveled, eyes aglow with light.\r\nMy heart was like the weather when you came,\r\nThe wanton winds were blowing loud and long;\r\nBut you, with joy and passion all aflame,\r\nYou danced and sang a lilting summer song.\r\nI made room for you in my little bed,\r\nTook covers from the closet fresh and warm,\r\nA downful pillow for your scented head,\r\nAnd lay down with you resting in my arm.\r\nYou went with Dawn. 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You left me ere the day,<br \/>\nThe lonely actor of a dreamy play.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":251,"menu_order":63,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[48],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-476","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry","chapter-type-numberless"],"part":346,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/476","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/251"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/476\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":477,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/476\/revisions\/477"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/346"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/476\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=476"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=476"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}