Updated September 23, 2019 | Infoplease Staff ConventionAgnes LeeThe snow is lying very deep. My house is sheltered from the blast. I hear each muffled step outside, I hear each voice go past.But I'll not venture in the drift Out of this bright security, Till enough footsteps come and go To make a path for me. Charles Wharton Stork: The Silent Folk The Second Book of Modern Verse William Rose Benét: Mad Blake .com/t/poetry/modern-verse/convention.html Sources Our Common Sources