Oh,

the snow, the beautiful snow ; VUltng

tho sky anil tito earth bul ow ; Over

¿ho hotMoioptf, over tho street, v Ovcr

tho heads of tho pooplo you mu ct,

Dancing, flirting, skimming along,

Beautiful snow 1 lt can do nothing

wrong. laying to kiss a fair lady's

cheek. Clinging to lips In frolicsome

freak, Beautiful snow 1 from tho heavens

nbovoPure asan angel-gentle as lovo I "

Once I was as puro ns the snow, but I

fellFell, Uko tho n nowt bk ci from

hoavon to hell ; Kuli ta bo tramplod as

filth lu tho street : Full to bo

scoffed, tc. bo spit on, nnd beat,

Pleading, cursing, dreading to dla

Soiling my soul to whoovcr would buy ;

Bealing In shaine fora mnrsol of

broadHating tho living and roaring tho

dead ; Aforcifnl Oed I havo I fallen so

low And yet I was once Uko the beautiful

snow. " Oncol was fair as tho beautiful

snow. With nn eye Uko its crystal and

heart Uko Its glow, Once 1 was loved for

my Innocent graco, Flattered and sought

for tho chat mn ot my faco i Father,

mother, sinter and all fl od and myself

I havo lost by my fall. Tho vorlost

wretch that goon shivering by . Will

make a wide swoop lest wander too nigh ;

For ult that ls un or about mo I know

Thero ls nothing so pure as the

beautiful snow. " How strange it should

be that this beautiful snow Should fall

on a sinner with now hero tn go I

llowBtrangoit should bo when night comos

ngaln, I f tho snow and tho tea struck

my desperate brain t Fainting, froenlng,

dying atono ; Too wicked for uravor, too

weak for a moan To be hoard tu tua

streets of tho crazy town, Clono mad In

tho joy of tho snow coming down ; Tu He

and to dla In my terrible woe, With a

bcd and a shroud of tho beautiful snow.