Oh, the enow, the beauiful snow, J t, -Fii;i4g

-he sky and eai'-h bow; '

over ini bouse ov?f the street,

O jer the heal3 of. te ptopie yoa mest,-

. Dincinjf, ,

A ' - ' Flirting . -

4 -

; "- - SiOxamlng along;. ' '

. Beautiful snow! 1 can do no wrong; ,

; Flying lo ktss afair lady's cheek, .

' Ciing'i.g to Up in a iTo;lcsom& freak, ''i' . - -Badtiiul

snow from the Bavcn above, ' " ,

Pure as angel, gentle as lovef -

On? tha enow, the beautiful snow, . ' u"

- How the flakes gather and :augh as they lo

, V blrlUjg abom In their mao'd nlng run, -

It plays In Its glee with every one. , r ' .

, . Chasing,- t - . - . ;

1 ' ' Laughing. . ' -

- Hurrying by;

It lights on the faee and spa;kle.s in the eye, 4 "

And even the dos with a bark and a bound,

Sn8p at the crystals that eddy around ,

Tne town la 'live and Its heart In a glow I . ' "

; To weleome the coming of the beautiful snow! s

a. How. the wild crowd goes swaying alocg,

H.iilltig eacli otber wi h humor an-i sougl

- How the Eity slefg ea, like meteors, flash by, - -.'

Bright for a moment, ihen lost to theye ?

-.:- Einsiiig, ., '

. , Swinging, - - ' - ,i -,,

Dancing they go, ' - w '

Over the crust of the beua.iful snow; . - '

Snow so p .re when tt fdils from the tkjt' r

- To be trampled in mud by the 'crowd rushing bv,

. -r To be tr. nnk d and tracked bv thousand of f t

Till it blemla with the uith of the horrible street.

a Once I va pura as the sn-jw-Jbu! I fell!- ' " "

Brit like th suow flaxes trom Heaven to hell; -

ell to be trammed t-s filth In the street; . - -

- "Ftli to be 'SJofTed, to be spit on and beat; ;V ' ' ' f

, Pai.in', . - . r

, . r- 1 urging, , -. ,t ,

" 1 -' - Drtading to die,, ' -

Se.llng my sculto wlu-ev r would buy, 1 -Ltsalirg

in fhsuue for a morsel cf tread, ' .

Bating, the living and-farirg tiie'dead; . ,. ,

- liercirm God have I alien so lew? - ' 1 -;

Aud jet I was o