First Snow

First Snow

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There are strange things done in the midnight sun
By the men who moil for gold;
The Arctic trails have their secret tales
That would make your blood run cold;
The Northern Lights have seen queer sights,
But the queerest they ever did see
Was that night on the marge of Lake Lebarge
I cremated Sam McGee.

- excerpt from The Cremation of Sam McGee, by Robert W. Service

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The first snow usually melts away within a few days.