t *

<>vectha-ht?ds of the peojte joa meet,

j: .'^jj^i Dancing,* ifirttng,

skimmingalong— I '\-;f "Bmitita\ snow!

it can do uotliing wrong. ~; Flying,

tp:lu?s;?'lairlad3f-'a';oiieekr^-r' r .

j, -'■!*§§.

Clinging:^B..iipa'ma'ltoUciqmeittMk; (i

Jfsi\ Beautiful snow; from'tHe.htavins

at?v?, -|§4 IJure j

?sj?n~?nge]^g^ntlelaVlbVe.'-:" ,|\

'S6J>. 6h ( ! the snow, the beautiful

snow! | Howthe flakes'gitHerindlaiigh as

they'go^ i; Whirling about in their

maddening fan ; ;_.,-,--Tt'jijaya in

itslglefl'with CTery one.'.'; ; j ~[,r :

n ; Chasing,lati?hijiiji hairjiagbj^'it

"f '_•>,'. .' t -It lights oii tbe lace

and sparkles the ey?';!" * And tho dogs,

with a bark and s bound. -J';: :

'SnSp'atttie cratatfthat'eddy around.;

;-'fi;:?r Th'etown is'alivei'andit's

heart's in a gldnioh ,T6if?lcoi*ie^tKe

coming of thfe beautiful snow. 'itiow-

wildiy'tie.cro^d^g'oes swaying along, ;

Hailing each other with humour and song

! How the gay sledge? like meteors flash

by, j?rightior;a moment, then lost t^

the eye— Kingins,:sTO>3ingi dashing

th"ej_ go, i-t-t/i *a Over, thej crust

of the beautiful show; ; \ ■"$* I i?now,

so nar? when it falls from the Eky, ** *

'Aa"td riiake oneVregret to see it lie,

' , a ,!. To be. trampled and Welted by

the thousanai." f?'.bi;feet.K,^,,'! „;;.

'^il' '.'.•,- i ""'" '' jTUI itblends

with the filth ot thVstreet.; -:p '\

'OnceTwis'pure as the snow; bnt I fell—

~'?f '■re!lflitelhe"iri(W flakes, trom

heaven tohii. :i": Fell, to be trampled

as,filth in the street^- iui Fell, to

be^coflea; to be spit on, "and beat: ,o

Heading—cursing—dreadiDg to die, s

'■'~~>:rr. SellingiDy'sonl.to whoever

would buy '■;_.,"."i >." Dealing in

shame for'a morsel of bread, ."* i'~.

-Katinff the living, and fearing the

dead! :i "' l Merciful God 1 have I

fallen so low ? I j And jeJ-|jWas.jnce ;

|UMs.the t beautjfp! snoic !?.-;< Once I

was f?? as ihVieantifnf snowj , - ..

"Oncer-wSsiovefftor my?ihnocebt grace >

■ Flattered and sought for the chirms of

my' =v^..face.Cs tr* f-g f-.S-^?S ;

''Fatheri--mother,=?ister, ana;allis CJ

?. i rj, ■, _ God; an&Tflj'sejfvi have

lostJjy my WL ~lheLieriesi.wietch. thai

gbeaihiveting by ~;, .!Willmale;a

wide,swoop,.lest I'wander > jilVinigH^ _

j?M|?iiV' AVlBfiL-V"' ! •i','.""' For

aUjtha't.is.on.pr'abpTa.ine I know, ■

There's nothing so pnre as tb,e

beautiful snow- ; |. How strange it

shonld be that this beautifuk':!!rf

snowjr; ,-V>;?al:.-t .-;■:,*•

;■'■■/•■■■■: i-.- ■ ' "'-'■■"? Should

fill on a sinner with nowhere to go,!

How Btrahge it should be, when "night

comei' ".""/'again",,"_"

i"r'~~'.'.'.''*'.-,"',". • . "■" ■'

;,If;the;snowatid'tKeice 'struck my

deaperati; ■Faintinif, freezing; dyiJu|

albn"?;" ;r: :' • "'■'„['■'"•' • Too

wicked for nrayeri too weak for a meWr-

be. hoard in the street of the cra?y

town Gone mad-in the-joy;of tho snow

cominj down; ' '.^ (, ~ .';. --■ ■ i ■

JTp J be.and,to t ,dje.in,iny i

.terribla^woe, ' ■''>■'>'"'•■' shroud of

the beaatifui 15,'Jisnow. i