StoryTitle("caps", "Chloris in the Snow") ?>
PoemStart() ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "I saw fair Chloris walk alone, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "When feather'd rain came softly down, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "As Jove descending from his Tower ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "To court her in a silver shower: ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "The wanton snow flew to her breast, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Like pretty birds into their nest, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "But, overcome with whiteness there, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "For grief it thaw'd into a tear: ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "Thence falling on her garments' hem, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "To deck her, froze into a gem.", "") ?>
Poet("William Strode", "1602–1645") ?>
PoemEnd() ?>