breast.. . The author and subject of the piece are;

said to be from ;New York: '0 1 A 41 0

Oh! ihVsnow the beautiful snow ,

. - , rilling the 6ky and earth below;., , t rT .

CJvpt thfl honsetoDS. over th htrrtet.

Over the beads of the people you meet,

n Dancing,

. , . . J 1 J J Skimming along iv v-' . , ? rf

Beautiful snow; it can do no wrong,

Flying to kiss a lady's fair cheek,

Clinging to lips. in. a frolicsome freak.

Beautiful snow from the Heaven above,

Pure as an angel, gentle as love! . , . . "

Oh I the snow, the beautiful snow,

How the Hakes gather and laugh as they go.

Whirling about ftl the maddening fun, t

. Itplajsinits gleejfith every one i i. CwU U'i

- Chasing,

Laughing, "

. " Hurrying by YX'SXC

' It lights on the face and it sparkles the eye !

- And even the dogs, with a bark and a bound, s

snap at me crystals that eddy around;

The town ia alive,, and Its, heart n a glpw,,r

To welcome the c6ntmglof 'beautiful snowl

How wild the crowd goes swaying along, j

. Hailing each other with humor and song ! -

. How the gay sledges, like meteors, flash by, -Bright

for the moment, then lost to the eye;

'. .i V Einging,.,.,.. ;.. , ; .,,,,- . C:, .

Swinging,

' 1 v V i Dashing they gov'.l 1 t -

Over the crest of the beautiful snow;

Snow so pure when it falls from the" skv. "

To be trampled in the mud by fhe crowds rushing: by,

To be trampled and tracked by the thousands offeet

milt :i x.1 j .ur. il . m . . ... ...

y utii vx;iiu wiui uie nitn m tne nori iDle street.

Once I was pure as the snow, but I fell ! r .'.

Fell like the snow-flakes from heaven to hell!

. Fell to. be trampled as filth of the street; ; u

' Fell to be scoffed, to be snit on and beat :

Pleading, r, .,

. Cursing. ,. . ' j . . ..

. Dreading to die,

Selling my soul to whoever would buy, , -, , ,s i .

Dealing in shame for a morsel of bread,

' Hating the living and fearing the dead;

Merciful God I have I fallen so low f

And yet I was once like the beautiful snow.

. Once I was fair as the beautiful snow,

With an eye like its crystal, a heart like IU glow

Once Xwas loved for my innocent grace

Flattered and sought for the charms of my face! '

- Father,- : :

... . Mother, .., ..... Tjr - , . , ,. ; ,

fci. Sisters all, J U j . ; it, 1

God, and myself, I have lost by my fall;

The veriest wretch that goes shivering by, "

Will take a wide sweep lest I wander too nigh :

For all that is on or above me, I know, i-r

There is nothing that's pure as the beautiful snow.