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THOMAS,

TLIF, BEAUTIFUL SNOW

Could anything be more affecting than the follow­

ing t Its author's name is unknown, but he deserves

a high place iu the poetic ranks

Ohl the snow, the beautiful snow,

Filling the sky and earth below ;

Over the house tops, over the street,

Over the heads et the people you moot,

Dancing,

iunu ing along;

Beautiful snow ! it can do no wrong,

Flying to kiss a fair lady's chock,

Clinging to lips in a frolicsome freak.

Beautiful snow from the heaven above

Pure as an angel, gentle as love' '

Oh! the snow, the beautiful 81101 , 1,

How the flakes gather and laugh as they go'

Whirling About in its maddening fun,

It plays in its glee with every one,

Chasing,

Laughing,

Hurrying by;

it lights un the face, and it sparkles the eye

And even the dogs, with a bark soda bound

Snap at the crystals that eddy around ,

The town is alive, and ns heart in IL glow.

To welcome the coming of beautiful snow '.

How wild the crowd goer swaying along,

Hailing each other with humor and song

How the gay :dodges like meteors dash by,

Bright fur the moment, thou t „ e y e

Ringing,

Dashing they go,

Over the crust of the beautiful snow;

anew so pure when it falls from the sky,

To be trampled in mud by the crowd passing by,

To be trampled and trucked by thousands of leer,

Till it blends with the filth in the horrible street

Once 1. was pure as the snow —but 1 fell!

Fell like the snow-flakes, trout heaven to hell

Fell to be trampled as filth of the street.

Fell to be scuffed, to be spit on and beat;

Pleading,

Cursing,

Dreading to

Selling my soul to whoever would buy,

Dealing in shame for a morsel of bread,

Rating the living and fearing the dead ;

Alereitul God! have I fallen so low T

And yet I was once like the beautilul snow

THE SUNNY SIDE

When darkest