1113. Ghosts by Richard Kendall Munkittrick. Stedman, Edmund Clarence, ed. 1900. An American Anthology, 1787-1900

Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900.

1113. Ghosts

By Richard Kendall Munkittrick


OUT in the misty moonlight
The first snowflakes I see,
As they frolic among the leafless
Limbs of the apple-tree.

Faintly they seem to whisper,	5
As round the boughs they wing:
“We are the ghosts of the blossoms
That died in the early spring.”