Oh I -t?e.sn.ow.r.the

beautiful snowT-^ Mil U f.illfiig the

sky arid. eanH below ;i LOrer'the

housetop^, oyeijthe^trpet;-1'- A -' -'|

Ove?the heads,p| the p^apjejyotj meet I

.Dancing, flirting, skimming along—

snow! igcan^apnptJiiDg wrong- ' flying

to tis's\a.fiur ladyV*ih,eek—< >' ''■-'•

cf .Clinging to lips'inV frolicsome

freak; .Beautiful snqw' !

,frpm!the^bjM.ifens aboyejK rfi , J?ure

as an angel^gentlea^fove.! -in.if "' 1

■-'■ Oh t> the know; the beautiful enow!

'How.the Bakes gather, and-laagh' as

they g j=sVhirlirig about in iheir

maddening fun; -;It plays in its glee

with everyone. Chasing, Janghingi

hurrying by. j , f] , , rlt lights on

theiace and fcparklej the' eye! '* ,-And

the.liagv TsritJi a.bark and aibojind,"

<']', •Snap at the crystals tbat:eddy

aroundr*. •.*,' The town is.'aUve,,-and

it's heart'pfii'a'giow",! Flo welcome

tha.cpmingof thebe?utifu\snow< i How

wildly-the crowiTgder swayin^along,

Hailing Teac h: other wUh'hnrboar and

song I 'How the gay sledges;like meteors

flash b& ?■-Bright for

a'rilonients'th'eii-ljs^to th'e'eye— " I

Bingiiig;'swirigirig, dashingjtheyigOy,

-?, T]; ' t Over the crust of the

beautiful snow;' "J '. ',' ■Snow, so

pnrewhen infills fromjthe skyi"^ As

to^hiake oneTegretio' se^itiUp, t

~'*^t^\ ~ To be trampled' and tracked by

the thousandr l-dS of feet' ~ob .

.oaH—&>l T! y" 7"!1-.T ■mil it blenas

witK'the filth-oflfte i ;: "Qiice'l was

pure as ttuPsiigw^b,u{ I-feUrr vii:

Sell, likelUiesnpw flaEes,' from

h(iren.to hell Tell, to.be trampled as

fifth ittJh?.Btreet^bq ¥.c% to be

scosed."tote^pifiiri,pnd,be?t,l.-■,:

TPleading^-cursing^reading.to 3ie, .■

".;,!,;■•. Selling m'ysbal to"wl)oeVer

would hay;. :: r; l>ealing in shame for

a morselof bread, "Hating the living,

and fearing the dead 1 ; " _ Merciful

Goi ! have I fallen sb;.l6w ?. ?s And

yct-I-was once like the beautiful snow I

-! Once I was fair as the beautiful

snow, -'• '■ With an eye lit* its

crjsUl,:? heart like iU•V-' glow; '

'";■' '". '—a_ii?i f.. ■■ '.— Once. I

wasjoyed fotmy, innocent gr?ce-^i '

Flattered and^sought' for the' charms of

mj ■■ ' >ce. r ; •:-?-..-':, --:■■ ■■ \

.■.. Father, moUier, sister,and all, •

.:::.s i-"i-(3qd, and myself, I h?Te

lost bymyiall. •;',i •' The veriest

wretch that goes shivering-by ',: Will

make a wide" swoop, lest I wander too

'_:; nigh;. .■ . : "V".,:"--'■ '-irA

/-■? -^ ' For all that is on or above me

I know, -■: -There's nothing so pure as

tEe beantifalsnow* How strange it should

be that .this, beautiful :■!■?„ snow

V^.,i; -'~;;■_ui'.r-:'--:ur i

:si'''■':!'' Should fall on a sinner

with nowhere to go; How. strange it

should be, when night comes ;.-S again,'

'.;■■. 'jv,,;:- : ■■{ ■-'•">/;""- yp ■

li the snow and the ice struck; my

despcraia "..'.' . braia !, ,y L! '. ;■.

T ,,.'.. -. ;/ ,'' ■i■ : -: ■;. ."•

Fainting,* freezing, dying'alone, % Too

wicked fpr prayer, too weak for a moan

To_be heard in the street of the crazy

town, in'the'jpy;;of'the■ snow coming

"f^ f!"'■*'-""rr-■;-■:■" ;::■ ''■■>""

'-^vl'":' To be and todie in my terrible

woe; : :-M-- ■'.*■ With a bed and a

shroud of thebeautifuj ji 1-_ ; snow.