"Lady Icicle" by E. Pauline Johnson
And gleaming in the north-land, her pillow all a-
glow;
For the frost has come and found her
With an ermine robe around her
Where little Lady Icicle lies dreaming in the snow.
Little Lady Icicle is waking in the north-land,
And shaking in the north-land her pillow to and fro;
And the hurricane a-skirling
Sends the feathers all a whirling
Where little Lady Icicle is shaking in the snow.
Little Lady Icicle is laughing in the north-land,
And quaffing in the north-land her wines that over-
flow;
All the lakes and rivers crusting
That her finger-tips are dusting,
Where little Lady Icicle is laughing in the snow.
Little Lady Icicle is singing in the north-land,
And bringing from the north-land a music wild and
low;
And the fairies watch and listen
Where her silver slippers glisten,
As Little Lady Icicle goes singing through the snow.
Little Lady Icicle is coming from the north-land,
Benumbing all the north-land where'er her feet
may go;
With a fringe of frost before her
And a crystal garment o'er her,
Little Lady Icicle is coming with the snow.