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OS© JecoeiiS. 
 
Ji^oss Je^eiiS. 
 
 ELIZABETH BORRODAILE. C> A"^ 
 
 So//ie brightening shado^vs each dark hour brings, 
 
 And e'en to the wintry hour, there clings 
 Some type of brighter and lovelier things. 
 Fairer to be. 
 
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Copyright l886, 
 
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NATURE ADORNED. 
 
 >^BE, every s[;rub and Ice-clad tree, 
 
 i^eems now a treasure-f^ouse to be, 
 
 kj\ costly jewels blazinn brlgl^t 
 
 Witti da^^linp, many-colored lial^t. 
 (^o-day, may every aem impart 
 
 KA mirrow d bnol^iness to your l;eart. 
 
 Elizabeth Horrodaif.f. 
 
WIN TER FL O WEKS. 
 
 """"^^QPTLY down from \\)Q cold aray sl?y, 
 Wn \\)Q wit!;erina air, tl;)ey flit and fly, 
 I'\es1in9 anywhere, tbere tr^ey lie, — 
 
 (^be feathery flowers. 
 Dorn on \\)Q breatl; of \\)Q wintry day, 
 
 Qeavesand flowers and aems are tr;ey, 
 nresb and fain as t^e c^ay array 
 yf tbe sunlit bours. 
 
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BRILLIANT GEMS. 
 
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 j"^ 0W beautiful tpy frosty morn, 
 
 Wl;en brilliants aevn eac[) feat[)ery tl^orn 
 now fair tny cloudless noon ! 
 
 cJncI l9rou^l; tpe leafless trees at ni^l^t, 
 Wrib more tbon Rummer s softened ligrjt 
 ^l;ines t^y resplendent noon. 
 
 Barton. 
 
SNOJl'-STARS. 
 
 TP ERE delicate snow-stars, out of tl;8 cloud 
 oome floatino downward in airy plav, 
 Qil?e spanales dropped | rem \\)Q glisteninn crowd 
 
 (^r;at wpiten by nial/f tl;e milby way ; 
 ■(^bere broaden and burlier masses fall ; 
 ^\)Q sullen water buries tl^em all ; 
 Plabe after flabe, 
 oil drowned in tl;e darb and silent labe. 
 
 Dkvant. 
 
SA'OJr AND ROSES. 
 
 I'i&RE are snows m December and roses in June, 
 U^Qere s aarr,^ness at nniclniobt and sunshine at noon 
 
 Out were tl;ere no sorrow, no storm cloud or ram 
 W90 d care for tr^e morrow with beauty aaain? 
 
 (^I}e world is a picture botr; aloomy and brigl^t, 
 
 Wnd anef is lb© shadow, and pleasure tr;e ligbi", 
 
 KjiwCi neitb&r sbould smolber tbe 9eneral tone, 
 
 Hor wbere were tbe o1ber, if eitber were aone'V 
 
 Chas, G. I, eland 
 
A WINTER ROBE. 
 
 ^^ROM every mountain s towenna r;ead 
 
 O wl^ite and nlistenina robe is spread, 
 C^s if a melted silver tide 
 
 Were gusl^ina down its lofty side. 
 
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 Ond marl? tl-;e l;eavens reflected alow 
 
 ^n many an icy plain below, 
 C^nd wl^ere ll^e streams with tmblina clasrj 
 
 C^gainst tl^em frozen barriers -dasp, 
 Qil;;e fairy lances fleetly cast, 
 
 ^l^e alittenna ripples burry past ; 
 Qnd floating sparkles alance afar 
 
 Qibe rivals of some upper star. 
 
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BRIG HI' TREASURES. 
 
 IS \A;nler s lubilee : tl-;is day 
 
 Mer stores tf^eir countless treasures yield ; 
 ^ee 90W il;e diamond alonces piay, 
 
 on ceaseless bla^e, from tree and field. 
 
 y kXo'^ of riature ! witb wbat migbt 
 yf beauty, sbovvered on all below, 
 
 (^9/ ciuidina power would lead aricibt 
 Qartb s wanderer, all tby love to bn 
 
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 Andrews N(ii;to.\ 
 
FALLING SNO IV. 
 
 ^' IS winter, yet tbere is no sound 
 cllona \\)Q am, 
 yf winds upon tl^eir baltie around, 
 
 idut aently tl^ere, 
 ^pe snow IS falling, all around. 
 Mow fair, 90W fair ! 
 
 (^r;e locund fields would masquerade ; 
 
 nantastic scene ! 
 (^ree, sl^nub and lawn and lonely alade 
 
 Have cast tl^eir careen, 
 cind lomed tpe revel, all arrayed 
 
 ^o wr)ite and clean. 
 
 Ralph Hovt. 
 
THE SNOWDROP. 
 
 (n^-LREADY now \\)Q ^nowdrop dares appear, 
 
 %^\)Q first pale blossom of \\)Q unripened year ; 
 
 Os nlora s breatl;, by some transfonmina power, 
 Mad c[;anaed an icicle into a flower: 
 
 ats name and f^ue tl^e scentless plant retains, 
 
 Ind winter linaers in its icy veins. 
 
 Mrs. Barbaui.t. 
 
SUNSHINE ALL THE YEAR. 
 
 ^-^UNNY [}ours m every season 
 
 Wait \\)Q innocent: — 
 ^l}ose wl;)o taste wit[? love and reason 
 
 W[)at tl^eir fcrocj [^ati? sent. 
 (i^Qose W90 neiti^er soar too bial^ly, 
 
 Kor too lowly fall, 
 neel tl^e sunny days of winter, after all I 
 
 D. F. Macakthv. 
 
A NOTE OF PRAISE. 
 
 ^ TERNAL rower! from wl^om tl;ose blessings flow, 
 
 C^eacb me still more to wonder, more to l?no^/. 
 ^eecl-time and t'orvest let me see anain. 
 
 Wonder ttie leaf-strewn wood, \\)e frozen plain ; 
 LSet t^e first flower, corn-wavina field, plain, tree. 
 
 Here round my l;ome, still lif i mv soul to ^bee ; 
 Oind let me ever, midst tU bounties, raise 
 
 cin bumble note of tbcnl^fulness and praise. 
 
 Ror.ERT P.l.OOMFIELD. 
 
JEWELS. 
 
 ^'HE crystal sl^Ine of Winter is clear and cl^aste 
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 OS pearl, 
 Os tl^e slpinnmenna rows of pearls tpat droop from 
 
 \\)Q ice-bound sprays ; 
 yp a dazzlina oleam of sunlial^t lool?s down tl^ro 
 
 tr^e toss and wrjirl, 
 Ond tipe cold wfjite crust is sl;iivered witr? a 
 
 tl^ousand diarnond rays. 
 
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