To lose if one can find again — Snowman

To lose－if one can find again－¹
To miss－if one shall meet－
The Burglar cannot rob－then－
The Broker cannot cheat.
So build the hillocks gaily ⁵
Thou little spade of mine
Leaving nooks for Daisy
And for Columbine－
You and I the secret ⁹
Of the Crocus know－
Let us chant it softly－
"There is no more snow!"

(F.30/J.22)

[1] find again:: to build a snowman each year.
[5] hillocks:: a snowman built from piles of snow.
[9] You and I secret:: Dickinson told the snowman her secret.
[12] no more snow:: the warm weather comes, and snowman melts. snow:: a hint on snow-man.

Among the juvenile sports of winter may be named, the rolling up a gigantic snow-ball, the making a snow-man, and running mazes in the snow till they are twenty yards across or more, like Shakspeare's 'quaint mazes in the wanton or green.' ─ Time's Telescope for 1816 (1816)