3 Metaphors for hail

Then the Frost King mounts the throne, Claims the empire for his own; Hail and rain and sleet and snow Are his ministers that go On the swift wings of the blast, At his bidding, fierce and fast.

Hail is the congelation of drops of rain in irregular forms, always sudden,by some attributed to electricity and currents of air violently rarefied by it, and by others to rain-drops falling through a cold stratum of air and suddenly congealed.

so In soil of old dreams do the new dreams grow, New 'Hail' is begot of the old 'Alas.'

3 Metaphors for  hail