Rebuses

Rebus

Silently, and white as pallid ghost I come from the sky to rest on earth; I come not along, but a numberless host Share my airy dance with hourless mirth; So softly we come that the listening ear, The rustle our coming can never hear; The school-boys shout is wild with glee, And the school girls laugh sings out as free, When far and wide, o'er the frozen ground, Our pure little [fossils?], lie thickly around, For well the mirthful youngsters know, How merrily now, their time will go

Cut off my head and I'm a moment of time - Stamp improvement on my restless wing - Ever fluttering to pass from ye all, Else my flight will leave a sting

Minus my head and then reverse me And still another change appears; A pleasant verb the letters form - An active verb, whose action cheers, Whose object, the earnest girl and boy, So sure to gain, and to enjoy.

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