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[twice] [told] [tales] 

[snow-flakes] 

[by] [nathaniel] [hawthorne] 

it is to be , in good earnest , a wintry storm . 
1 it 2 is
2 is 3 to
3 to 4 be
4 be 5 ,
5 , 6 in
6 in 7 good
7 good 8 earnest
8 earnest 9 ,
9 , 10 a
10 a 11 wintry
11 wintry 12 storm
12 storm 13 .

the cloud-spirits are slowly weaving her white mantle . 
1 the 2 cloud-spirits
2 cloud-spirits 3 are
3 are 4 slowly
4 slowly 5 weaving
5 weaving 6 her
6 her 7 white
7 white 8 mantle
8 mantle 9 .

thus gradually , by silent and stealthy influences , are great changes wrought . 
1 thus 2 gradually
2 gradually 3 ,
3 , 4 by
4 by 5 silent
5 silent 6 and
6 and 7 stealthy
7 stealthy 8 influences
8 influences 9 ,
9 , 10 are
10 are 11 great
11 great 12 changes
12 changes 13 wrought
13 wrought 14 .

we , likewise , shall lose sight of our mother 's familiar visage , and must content ourselves with looking heavenward the oftener . 
1 we 2 ,
2 , 3 likewise
3 likewise 4 ,
4 , 5 shall
5 shall 6 lose
6 lose 7 sight
7 sight 8 of
8 of 9 our
9 our 10 mother
10 mother 11 's
11 's 12 familiar
12 familiar 13 visage
13 visage 14 ,
14 , 15 and
15 and 16 must
16 must 17 content
17 content 18 ourselves
18 ourselves 19 with
19 with 20 looking
20 looking 21 heavenward
21 heavenward 22 the
22 the 23 oftener
23 oftener 24 .

now , leaving the storm to do his appointed office , let us sit down , pen in hand , by our fireside . 
1 now 2 ,
2 , 3 leaving
3 leaving 4 the
4 the 5 storm
5 storm 6 to
6 to 7 do
7 do 8 his
8 his 9 appointed
9 appointed 10 office
10 office 11 ,
11 , 12 let
12 let 13 us
13 us 14 sit
14 sit 15 down
15 down 16 ,
16 , 17 pen
17 pen 18 in
18 in 19 hand
19 hand 20 ,
20 , 21 by
21 by 22 our
22 our 23 fireside
23 fireside 24 .

in our brief summer , [i] [do] [not] [think] [,] but only exist in the vague enjoyment of a dream . 
1 in 2 our
2 our 3 brief
3 brief 4 summer
4 summer 5 ,
5 , 11 but
11 but 12 only
12 only 13 exist
13 exist 14 in
14 in 15 the
15 the 16 vague
16 vague 17 enjoyment
17 enjoyment 18 of
18 of 19 a
19 a 20 dream
20 dream 21 .

however transitory their glow , they at least shine amid the darksome shadow which the clouds of the outward sky fling through the room . 
1 however 2 transitory
2 transitory 3 their
3 their 4 glow
4 glow 5 ,
5 , 6 they
6 they 7 at
7 at 8 least
8 least 9 shine
9 shine 10 amid
10 amid 11 the
11 the 12 darksome
12 darksome 13 shadow
13 shadow 14 which
14 which 15 the
15 the 16 clouds
16 clouds 17 of
17 of 18 the
18 the 19 outward
19 outward 20 sky
20 sky 21 fling
21 fling 22 through
22 through 23 the
23 the 24 room
24 room 25 .

now look we forth again , and see how much of his task the storm-spirit has done . 
1 now 2 look
2 look 3 we
3 we 4 forth
4 forth 5 again
5 again 6 ,
6 , 7 and
7 and 8 see
8 see 9 how
9 how 10 much
10 much 11 of
11 of 12 his
12 his 13 task
13 task 14 the
14 the 15 storm-spirit
15 storm-spirit 16 has
16 has 17 done
17 done 18 .

slow and sure ! 
1 slow 2 and
2 and 3 sure
3 sure 4 !

he has the day , perchance the week , before him , and may take his own time to accomplish [nature] ['s] [burial] [in] [snow] . 
1 he 2 has
2 has 3 the
3 the 4 day
4 day 5 ,
5 , 6 perchance
6 perchance 7 the
7 the 8 week
8 week 9 ,
9 , 10 before
10 before 11 him
11 him 12 ,
12 , 13 and
13 and 14 may
14 may 15 take
15 take 16 his
16 his 17 own
17 own 18 time
18 time 19 to
19 to 20 accomplish
20 accomplish 26 .

very sad are the flower shrubs in midwinter ! 
1 very 2 sad
2 sad 3 are
3 are 4 the
4 the 5 flower
5 flower 6 shrubs
6 shrubs 7 in
7 in 8 midwinter
8 midwinter 9 !

the roofs of the houses are now all white , save where the eddying wind has kept them bare at the bleak corners . 
1 the 2 roofs
2 roofs 3 of
3 of 4 the
4 the 5 houses
5 houses 6 are
6 are 7 now
7 now 8 all
8 all 9 white
9 white 10 ,
10 , 11 save
11 save 12 where
12 where 13 the
13 the 14 eddying
14 eddying 15 wind
15 wind 16 has
16 has 17 kept
17 kept 18 them
18 them 19 bare
19 bare 20 at
20 at 21 the
21 the 22 bleak
22 bleak 23 corners
23 corners 24 .

look next into the street , where we have seen an amusing parallel to the combat of those fancied demons in the upper regions . 
1 look 2 next
2 next 3 into
3 into 4 the
4 the 5 street
5 street 6 ,
6 , 7 where
7 where 8 we
8 we 9 have
9 have 10 seen
10 seen 11 an
11 an 12 amusing
12 amusing 13 parallel
13 parallel 14 to
14 to 15 the
15 the 16 combat
16 combat 17 of
17 of 18 those
18 those 19 fancied
19 fancied 20 demons
20 demons 21 in
21 in 22 the
22 the 23 upper
23 upper 24 regions
24 regions 25 .

it is a snow-battle of school-boys . 
1 it 2 is
2 is 3 a
3 a 4 snow-battle
4 snow-battle 5 of
5 of 6 school-boys
6 school-boys 7 .

what pitched battles , worthy to be [chanted] in [homeric] [strains] ! 
1 what 2 pitched
2 pitched 3 battles
3 battles 4 ,
4 , 5 worthy
5 worthy 6 to
6 to 7 be
7 be 9 in
9 in 12 !

what storming of fortresses , built all of massive snowblocks ! 
1 what 2 storming
2 storming 3 of
3 of 4 fortresses
4 fortresses 5 ,
5 , 6 built
6 built 7 all
7 all 8 of
8 of 9 massive
9 massive 10 snowblocks
10 snowblocks 11 !

what feats of individual prowess , and embodied onsets of martial enthusiasm ! 
1 what 2 feats
2 feats 3 of
3 of 4 individual
4 individual 5 prowess
5 prowess 6 ,
6 , 7 and
7 and 8 embodied
8 embodied 9 onsets
9 onsets 10 of
10 of 11 martial
11 martial 12 enthusiasm
12 enthusiasm 13 !

who reared it ? 
1 who 2 reared
2 reared 3 it
3 it 4 ?

and what means it ? " 
1 and 2 what
2 what 3 means
3 means 4 it
4 it 5 ?
5 ? 6 "

the shattered pedestal of many a battle monument has provoked these questions , when none could answer . 
1 the 2 shattered
2 shattered 3 pedestal
3 pedestal 4 of
4 of 5 many
5 many 6 a
6 a 7 battle
7 battle 8 monument
8 monument 9 has
9 has 10 provoked
10 provoked 11 these
11 these 12 questions
12 questions 13 ,
13 , 14 when
14 when 15 none
15 none 16 could
16 could 17 answer
17 answer 18 .

[would] [it] [might] [inspire] [me] [to] [sketch] [out] [the] [personification] [of] [a] [new] [england] [winter] [!] 

and that idea , if [i] [can] [seize] [the] [snow-wreathed] [figures] that [flit] [before] [my] [fancy] [,] [shall] be the theme of the next page . 
1 and 2 that
2 that 3 idea
3 idea 4 ,
4 , 5 if
5 if 12 that
12 that 19 be
19 be 20 the
20 the 21 theme
21 theme 22 of
22 of 23 the
23 the 24 next
24 next 25 page
25 page 26 .

how [does] [winter] [herald] [his] [approach] ? 
1 how 7 ?

it is [stern] [winter] ['s] [vesture] . 
1 it 2 is
2 is 7 .

it is the voice [of] [winter] ; and when parents and children bear it , they shudder and exclaim , " [winter] [is] come ! 
1 it 2 is
2 is 3 the
3 the 4 voice
4 voice 7 ;
7 ; 8 and
8 and 9 when
9 when 10 parents
10 parents 11 and
11 and 12 children
12 children 13 bear
13 bear 14 it
14 it 15 ,
15 , 16 they
16 they 17 shudder
17 shudder 18 and
18 and 19 exclaim
19 exclaim 20 ,
20 , 21 "
21 " 24 come
24 come 25 !

[cold] [winter] [has] [begun] [his] [reign] [already] [!] ["] 

there he lies stark and stiff , a human shape of ice , on the spot [where] [winter] [overtook] [him] . 
1 there 2 he
2 he 3 lies
3 lies 4 stark
4 stark 5 and
5 and 6 stiff
6 stiff 7 ,
7 , 8 a
8 a 9 human
9 human 10 shape
10 shape 11 of
11 of 12 ice
12 ice 13 ,
13 , 14 on
14 on 15 the
15 the 16 spot
16 spot 21 .

on strides the tyrant over the rushing rivers and broad lakes , which turn to rock beneath his footsteps . 
1 on 2 strides
2 strides 3 the
3 the 4 tyrant
4 tyrant 5 over
5 over 6 the
6 the 7 rushing
7 rushing 8 rivers
8 rivers 9 and
9 and 10 broad
10 broad 11 lakes
11 lakes 12 ,
12 , 13 which
13 which 14 turn
14 turn 15 to
15 to 16 rock
16 rock 17 beneath
17 beneath 18 his
18 his 19 footsteps
19 footsteps 20 .

his dreary empire is established ; all around [stretches] [the] [desolation] [of] [the] [pole] . 
1 his 2 dreary
2 dreary 3 empire
3 empire 4 is
4 is 5 established
5 established 6 ;
6 ; 7 all
7 all 8 around
8 around 15 .

such fantasies , intermixed among graver toils of mind , have made the winter 's day pass pleasantly . 
1 such 2 fantasies
2 fantasies 3 ,
3 , 4 intermixed
4 intermixed 5 among
5 among 6 graver
6 graver 7 toils
7 toils 8 of
8 of 9 mind
9 mind 10 ,
10 , 11 have
11 have 12 made
12 made 13 the
13 the 14 winter
14 winter 15 's
15 's 16 day
16 day 17 pass
17 pass 18 pleasantly
18 pleasantly 19 .

on the window-sill , there is a layer of snow , reaching half-way up the lowest pane of glass . 
1 on 2 the
2 the 3 window-sill
3 window-sill 4 ,
4 , 5 there
5 there 6 is
6 is 7 a
7 a 8 layer
8 layer 9 of
9 of 10 snow
10 snow 11 ,
11 , 12 reaching
12 reaching 13 half-way
13 half-way 14 up
14 up 15 the
15 the 16 lowest
16 lowest 17 pane
17 pane 18 of
18 of 19 glass
19 glass 20 .

the garden is one unbroken bed . 
1 the 2 garden
2 garden 3 is
3 is 4 one
4 one 5 unbroken
5 unbroken 6 bed
6 bed 7 .

next comes a sledge , laden with wood for some unthrifty housekeeper , whom winter has surprised at a cold hearth . 
1 next 2 comes
2 comes 3 a
3 a 4 sledge
4 sledge 5 ,
5 , 6 laden
6 laden 7 with
7 with 8 wood
8 wood 9 for
9 for 10 some
10 some 11 unthrifty
11 unthrifty 12 housekeeper
12 housekeeper 13 ,
13 , 14 whom
14 whom 15 winter
15 winter 16 has
16 has 17 surprised
17 surprised 18 at
18 at 19 a
19 a 20 cold
20 cold 21 hearth
21 hearth 22 .

but what dismal equipage now struggles along the uneven street ? 
1 but 2 what
2 what 3 dismal
3 dismal 4 equipage
4 equipage 5 now
5 now 6 struggles
6 struggles 7 along
7 along 8 the
8 the 9 uneven
9 uneven 10 street
10 street 11 ?

a sable hearse , bestrewn with snow , is bearing a dead man through the storm to his frozen bed . 
1 a 2 sable
2 sable 3 hearse
3 hearse 4 ,
4 , 5 bestrewn
5 bestrewn 6 with
6 with 7 snow
7 snow 8 ,
8 , 9 is
9 is 10 bearing
10 bearing 11 a
11 a 12 dead
12 dead 13 man
13 man 14 through
14 through 15 the
15 the 16 storm
16 storm 17 to
17 to 18 his
18 his 19 frozen
19 frozen 20 bed
20 bed 21 .

o , how dreary is a burial in winter , when the bosom of [mother] [earth] [has] [no] [warmth] [for] her poor child ! 
1 o 2 ,
2 , 3 how
3 how 4 dreary
4 dreary 5 is
5 is 6 a
6 a 7 burial
7 burial 8 in
8 in 9 winter
9 winter 10 ,
10 , 11 when
11 when 12 the
12 the 13 bosom
13 bosom 14 of
14 of 21 her
21 her 22 poor
22 poor 23 child
23 child 24 !

alas ! 
1 alas 2 !

i shiver , and think it time to be disconsolate . 
1 i 2 shiver
2 shiver 3 ,
3 , 4 and
4 and 5 think
5 think 6 it
6 it 7 time
7 time 8 to
8 to 9 be
9 be 10 disconsolate
10 disconsolate 11 .

whence come they ? 
1 whence 2 come
2 come 3 they
3 they 4 ?

where do they build their nests , and seek their food ? 
1 where 2 do
2 do 3 they
3 they 4 build
4 build 5 their
5 their 6 nests
6 nests 7 ,
7 , 8 and
8 and 9 seek
9 seek 10 their
10 their 11 food
11 food 12 ?

i know not whence they come , nor why ; yet my spirit has been cheered by that wandering flock of snow-birds . 
1 i 2 know
2 know 3 not
3 not 4 whence
4 whence 5 they
5 they 6 come
6 come 7 ,
7 , 8 nor
8 nor 9 why
9 why 10 ;
10 ; 11 yet
11 yet 12 my
12 my 13 spirit
13 spirit 14 has
14 has 15 been
15 been 16 cheered
16 cheered 17 by
17 by 18 that
18 that 19 wandering
19 wandering 20 flock
20 flock 21 of
21 of 22 snow-birds
22 snow-birds 23 .

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