| Show fir FOB fiilus FARMERS A ird iid ND GARDENERS LI S I 1 T f THE SNOWFLAKE SNOW FLAKE BY HANNAH F gouid gouin kow now if r fail sall i wiil will it be my lot g to be cast in some low and lonely spot to melt and to sink unseen or forgot and then will my course be ended thus a feathery snowflake snow flake said As down through the measure measureless ies les sace space it Et strayed rayed or is as hait halt by dalliance half afraid it seemed in md air suspended ceab oh no fadd the earth thou althou not hep rep lie lle neglected anil anti lone ione on my lap to dib die dley thou pure and delicate child of the sky for thou wilt will be sate safe in my keeping but then I 1 must give thee a lovelier form not be a part of the wintry storm but cat revive when the bun hun sunbeams beams are yellow and warm and the flowers from my bosom are peeping und and then thou halt shall have thy choice to ba be restored Be stored la in the illy lily that decks the leay lea iea in the jassamine jessamine bloom the anemone or aught of thy spotless whiteness to melt me and be cast in a giitter glittering ing bead with the pearls that the night scat Ecat scatters over the mead in the cup where the bee and the firefly firefly gire fire fly teed regaining thy dazzling bri brightness atnes ht nes ato TO wake waked and be raised from thy transient sleep t when violas mild blue eye shall wee weep in a tremulous tear or a diamond leap in a drop from the uD locked unlocked fountain or leaving leavin the valley the meadow and heath the streamlet the flowers flower and all beneat beneath hj to go and be wove in the silvery wreath E encircling the brow bf fit the mountain glor ar thou return to a home lo 10 the sues to shine la in the iris ill 1111 let thee arine aride and appear in the many and glorious gl orous dyes dyea A k pencil of sunbeams Is blending but true fair thing a as s my name Is earth i ill give thee a new and vernal birth when thou recover thy primal worth and lever never regret ichen then I 1 will drop said the trusting flake apar it in mind thattie that the choice I 1 make A id 13 not in the flowers nor the dew to awake i a ifor nor the mist that shall pass with the mornin morning forr for things of thy self belt they exire with thee but those that are lent from on high like me they rise and wl will 11 live from thy dust set free to the regions above returning cc and nd it true to thy woid word and just thou art like the spirit that dwells lu in the bollech boldest heart unsullied by thee thou wilt let me depart depatt and return to my native heaven for I 1 would be placed in the beautiful bow from time lime to time in thy sight to glow jo so thou mays remember the flake of snow by the promise that god hath given riven |
