The sky is dull and darkening
The clouds hang heavy overhead
the temperature is falling fast
on roads the winter salt is spread
Then here it comes the first snowflake
All on its own windmilling round
To land and melt away at once
as if it never touched the ground
Then more and more follow the first
The world to icing sugar yields
And gradually the winter white
spreads over all the roads and fields
The snow falls even harder now
and all the land is quilted deep
No creature cares to interrupt
the woodland in its winter sleep
Until the sun pops up its head
and lucky children greet the day
To find their school is out of reach
and all the fields are dressed for play