1981
The Snow Fall
Composed by 
Miriam Gideon
Miriam Gideon Text by 
Archibald MacLeish
Archibald MacLeish Spirit Above the Dust Song Collection
"The Snow Fall" is the final movement in Miriam Gideon's song cycle Spirit Above the Dust.
Text
The Snow Fall
by Archibald MacLeish
Quietness clings to the air.
Quietness gathers the bell
To a great distance.
Listen!
This is the snow.
This is the slow
Chime
The snow
Makes.
It encloses us.
Time in the snow is alone:
Time in the snow is at last,
Is past.
Sheet Music
Spirit Above the Dust
Miriam Gideon
1. Prologue
2. Know the World
3. The Two Trees
4. The Linden Branch
5. Black Boy
6. My Caliban Creature
Interlude
7. The Snow Fall
2. Know the World
3. The Two Trees
4. The Linden Branch
5. Black Boy
6. My Caliban Creature
Interlude
7. The Snow Fall