20行稿：It sifts from Leaden Sieves - / It powders all the Wood / It fills with Alabaster Wool / The Wrinkles of the Road - / / It makes an Even Face / Of Mountain, and of Plain - / Unbroken Forehead from the East / Unto the East again - / / It reaches to the Fence - / It wraps it Rail by Rail / Till it is lost in Fleeces - / It deals Celestial Vail
To Stump, and Stack - and Stem - / A Summer's empty Room - / Acres of Joints, where Harvests were / Recordless, but for them- / / It Ruffles Wrists of Posts / As Ankles of a Queen - / Then stills its Artisans - like Ghosts - / Denying they have been –

这首诗写的是一场雪，而那场雪却下了近二十年。
实话说，我并不知道为何艾米莉特别偏爱这一首，也许只是凑巧，也许那场雪在她生命中有着我们不知道的特别的意义，从1862年她第一次把它寄给苏珊，到1883年，这首诗她改写了五次，从最早的20行，变成现在的12行。
但对于读者来说，这却是意外的幸运，能看到喜爱的作者，把同一个主题，同一个故事，以相似的结构和字句，在创作的不同阶段多次演绎，是何等难得的幸事啊！