, 1869-03-14
BEAUTIFUL SNOW.

such universal favor and has beea 80 eageF'y
sought for, Mt the special request Of many
friends, we republish. "1he Beaultn1
enow'' will bear reading eTuy month IL INC
year.- II has beeu pronounced By the London
tSstxefdsor 10 be the finest American poem eyeF
written. This opinlon We think Is not ih
out OF the WAY. But here Ia the history OF
"The Beautiful snow," taken rom the
QuAha Rfpu1iiecn: -,
fsn over these lines, as their touching pathus
call into recollection the nAd story OF other !
and similar victims to mans wAuton cruety'
In point OF smooth vertlfcation, eAiy low.
Ing rhythm, through which Is almost heard
the plasntlye vail of woman's ruined honor,
our knowledge Of Engllsh Literature brings !
TO mind no single poem Of such thr1HtnG sen-
tlmeut Is this. =,
We hare lately seen aa artlcle floating The
rounds Of the press, purport:ng to give ~
,1sao1sp ny ct ~ r. fsarxses eness phs
itaSdfu1gssa s'si h. o. tn.ps1st,oa m lie
cool breezcs Of Lake Erie" seems
really to know something OF It's real
history. The .w1lteE gives Miss DoFa SHAW,
~ *etrssa' md suthor q "put IN tho Ass!n,, s!,,.
ulstake, Dora Shaw has written some
pleasant lines, but her braln uerer fAhea
that sparkling gem, " The Beautiful Snow.
In the early part Of the var, one dare
Elturday night In the dead OF winter, there
disd N The Commercial Hospital II Cincin-
| two and twenty summers had paAsed. She
had been once possessed Of N cuvlAbla snkra
| OF beauty, and had been, ~ she herself eayg,
"Ghttsred and sought for the ehaTms Of the
face :" but nlas npou her fair brow lad
titutei once the pride Of respectable paren.
tsge, her d1st wrong step MAS the snnsl! be.
| ginning Of tie "satne old story over aRnln,"
which has teen the only Nfe-hlltory Of thou
ssnds. Highly educated and accom- pllshed IN
manuers, she might have ehone IN the best of
society. But the evil hour that proved her
run vas the door from childhood, and hay-
ing spent young life IN dis9race a1d shame,
the poor f1endlesa one died the melancholy
death Of . broken hearted ousc.st-
Among her % Rs.oqsl n;' ssSts va aor1a sslia 4
was immediately carried to Enos B. Recd, a
gentleman Of crfture and literary tastes, vho
Was At that tama editor Of the INational
Jnton. ID The columns Of that paper, on
the morning Of the day following tho
Girl's death, the poem appeared IN Piat tor
the poem came out On. Sunday morning, tho
body Of the victim had not yesrcceiyed bnr1A1s
! The attention Of Thomas Buchanan Read,
ons OF the 6rat Of American poets. wAs soon
directed 10 tho' newly-pubIished Hnes, Who
WIS 20 taken with thel1 stirring patho. that
s,; b. followed the corpse to it,
Buch are the plain facts concerning her
whose Beautiful Snow" ehall loue he re-
nembezed As one Of the :b1ightess gems IN
| American 1lterxture.
TIE BEAUTIFUL SNOW.
Oh the enow, The beautiful suow,
F1lltng the tkJ tnd the eas1n heloE:
Over lhe house tops. oreE tho a'1set.
ortr The b. aas ot the people 1oR naet.
i. FHntnR+
| sSlnuinx along:
s5 Fi,srFsa sis, ehss 81 = i.aS: r ssse1 '
ElnE El1s 70 Up y tm,olenoae r. Essi,
Pure u n GnKs1, &eaue ~ 3oye!
On ,be ruow. tho beautiful SNOW,
Rew she dAkes kasher ind 1tnxh q they 90
hiring shout IN thels taAdtening mn
II pls,s + ~ Else with eva11 "a~-
/ Lsukh.uk,
,.xs. on Ii. t.ss Hs5s,ies ~ !. sssszis. szi III. y
And tie dos1 with 4 park xnd bound,
6nep at tha crJBttis that eddy sroupt-
T. t.s &. M I, 4 efsa Il
How wildly 1hs crowd goes svxying along,
uow the say sledces like raeseosa dAn bJ.
Bright foE Q nasaent then hostto Tho eJt-
svtra.ng.
Over tie crust Of The eeautftoi scov:
| sn,w ~ purs. when It tslls from thu aII,
! 70 be Lampled IN n1a b. tns erowa rushing b.
To be uamplsa xkd tracked By thA thoasaudA {
TIL II blends with Tho nth In the horrible s1e,
One WIS pufe !. tte sraw--hut talll
Fsi i:se ths ssox d.kss ron besvsa to he1s
Fell to he seoH*d, 10 be sp!t On ana beat
Pletnlny+
saf.taft breeding to s.*.
Selling ny sui 10 whoeveE you'd hay%
Deaiiue IN shame Tor nosfd Of bread;
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