STILLNESS
     
     
      MARIEVE
      MacGREGOR
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Oh,
      sweet
      stillness
     
    

    
     
      That
      quivers
      in
      the
      echo
     
     
      Of
      a
      frozen
      night
     
    

    
     
      How
      you
      shimmer
      so
     
     
      In
      the
      pale
      awe
     
    

    
     
      Of
      the
      moon
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Align
      the
      stars
     
    

    
     
      On
      your
      breath
     
    

    
     
      Hold
      them
      ‘gainst
     
     
      Their
      twinkling
      pride
     
     
      And
      turn
      their
      eyes
     
     
      From
      heaven
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Glitter
      the
      snow
     
    

    
     
      To
      blind
      us
      softly
     
    

    
     
      The
      billow
      of
      hills
     
    

    
     
      Crest
      gently
      o’er
      the
      earth
     
     
      As
      rise
      and
      exhale
     
    

    
     
      Of
      child
      in
      slumber
      —
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Cradle
      we
      safe
     
    

    
     
      In
      warm
      serenity
     
    

    
     
      So
      swayed
      on
      fingertips
     
     
      Of
      pallid
      ice
     
    

    
     
      Oh,
      sweet
      stillness
     
    

    
     
      Of
      a
      frozen
      night