This delightful poem comes to us through poetry lover Rose Blessing:

The Snowflake
by
Walter de la Mare

Before I melt,
Come, look at me!
This lovely icy filigree!
Of a great forest
In one night
I make a wilderness
Of white:
By skyey cold
Of crystals made,

All softly, on
Your finger laid,
I pause, that you
My beauty see:
Breathe; and I vanish
Instantly.