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 ^\)e fairest bit of loveliness, 
 
 Qj)[)e pleasant scene adorning, 
 Bomes tbe auamtest little maid 
 
 ^bat ever cbanced in meeting, 
 ^milina sweetly as sbe words 
 
 CJ l^indly obristmas-^reetmg. 
 
'IIEa crisp Clip on ner prettv cheel^s 
 Mas made tbem bncjbi and rosy, 
 Mer dimpled face so fair, sb( 
 kS\ little winter posie, 
 
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 eovinp all oev sister flowers 
 
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 Impatient of the spnng-time, 
 
 oome to blossom in toe snow. 
 
^^\^UNHY starts from out his Lome 
 (Jmong tbe tborny brambles, 
 Ond spying cjuicl^ the little maid, 
 
 Qway, in fright he scrambles. , 
 6(7, naupbty bunny, tl^us to flee, 
 
 Witb neitber word, nor warnmp, 
 From sucb a sweet and cjentle sigbt, 
 
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HE little snow-birds, wiser — f 
 
 (3)han foolisb fngbteneci bunny' — 
 I' eep into her domty face 
 
 ^o smiling, bright, and sunny, 
 nlutter all about her path 
 
 Without a thought of danger. 
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