To lie trampled and trucked by (he
thousands Till it hk-iids nilii the
tilth iu the horrible Once I was pure as
Ihe snow ; hut 1 Ml, Fell lik.' th.'
-nmv flukes from li.-im-ntuhdl. F.-ll to
lie trampled us filth it, the street ;
Fell lu be «-..ir.-il, lo be spit on and
boat Pleading, ,-ursiim-,
,irea.|n..'l.i.li,Selliuu- my soul In
«h,,,-, ,.,- nnuhl buv ? Healing in
sh;,niu for a morsel of brua.l,' Hilling
Ibe living and f.-iiviuelh,-.U-a,l. Mcn-
iful IJ...I! Havel fallen so low -— And
yet I was once like the beautiful snow !
Once I was fair as II,,- be.iuiirul
miow, Wiih an eye like il., crystal, a
b.-arl like in Once I was lovcj for my
innneuut grace— Flatturod and sought fur
iltu charms uf my P.itb.'i-. niotli.T,
fislcrand all tio.l and my-elf I liave
lusi by mv fall , Thu v.-riesl wn.-lc.li
tbut gues shi'veiiug hv Will make a
vvide swuop k-.l I wander um liigll ;
For all thai Is on or above mo. I know
There'., uulliiugr so |iure a., Ihc
beautiful Sliiw. How .1 range it sliuuld
be that this beautiful Should fall on a
sinner with nowhere to go ? How si range
should it b.-, when night comes again,
If Ihc snow and Ihc loe struck my
desperate Fainting, freeing, living
alone. Too wi,-k,-.l for prayer, 1.1.1
w.nk for a moan To be heard in the
streets nf tin- crazy town, Gone mad in
the joy of the snow comiug To lw and to
die in my terrible ww. With a iH'dandu
shroud of the beautiful snoiv. Helpless
and foul as Ibe trampled snow. To
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