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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 6 in
5 , 6 in
6 in 8 earnest
6 in 9 ,
7 good 8 earnest
9 , 12 storm
10 a 11 wintry
10 a 12 storm
11 wintry 12 storm

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

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

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

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

in our [brief] [summer] [,] [i] [do] [not] [think] [,] [but] [only] [exist] [in] [the] [vague] [enjoyment] [of] [a] [dream] [.] 
1 in 2 our

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 4 glow

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
2 look 4 forth
2 look 5 again
2 look 7 and
7 and 8 see
8 see 9 how
9 how 10 much
10 much 11 of
10 much 16 has
11 of 13 task
12 his 13 task
14 the 15 storm-spirit
15 storm-spirit 16 has
16 has 17 done

slow and sure [!] 
1 slow 2 and
2 and 3 sure

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

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

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

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

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

what [pitched] [battles] , [worthy] [to] [be] [chanted] [in] [homeric] [strains] [!] 
1 what 4 ,

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

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

who reared it [?] 
1 who 2 reared
2 reared 3 it

and what means it [?] ["] 
1 and 2 what
1 and 3 means
2 what 3 means
3 means 4 it

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

would it [might] inspire me to sketch out the personification of a [new] [england] winter [!] 
1 would 2 it
1 would 4 inspire
4 inspire 5 me
4 inspire 6 to
4 inspire 7 sketch
6 to 7 sketch
7 sketch 8 out
7 sketch 10 personification
9 the 10 personification
10 personification 11 of
11 of 15 winter
12 a 15 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
1 and 19 be
4 , 12 that
4 , 17 ,
17 , 18 shall
18 shall 19 be

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

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

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 4 voice
3 the 4 voice
4 voice 5 of
5 of 15 ,
7 ; 11 and
11 and 14 it
11 and 15 ,
15 , 16 they

[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 3 lies
3 lies 5 and
4 stark 5 and
5 and 6 stiff
5 and 10 shape
5 and 14 on
7 , 10 shape
8 a 9 human
8 a 10 shape
9 human 10 shape
10 shape 11 of
10 shape 13 ,
11 of 12 ice
13 , 14 on
14 on 16 spot
15 the 16 spot

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

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

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

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

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

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 6 laden
5 , 6 laden
6 laden 7 with
6 laden 9 for
7 with 8 wood
8 wood 9 for
9 for 12 housekeeper
10 some 12 housekeeper
11 unthrifty 12 housekeeper
12 housekeeper 14 whom
13 , 14 whom
14 whom 15 winter
14 whom 16 has
15 winter 16 has
16 has 17 surprised
17 surprised 18 at
18 at 21 hearth
19 a 20 cold
19 a 21 hearth
20 cold 21 hearth

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

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

[o] [,] [how] [dreary] [is] [a] [burial] [in] [winter] [,] [when] [the] [bosom] [of] [mother] [earth] [has] [no] [warmth] [for] [her] [poor] [child] [!] 

[alas] [!] 

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

[whence] [come] [they] [?] 

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

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 5 they
5 they 6 come

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