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 y'r7/v ///<;•« these melodies, dear friend, 
 May they a brightness bring, 
 
 That to the tvintry day shall lend 
 A charm, to rival Spring. 
 
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 HARD & PARSONS : 
 NEW YORK. 
 

 Copyright 1886, 
 BY 
 
 Hard & Parsons. 
 
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WINTER SPLENDORS. 
 
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 UT Winter !}cis yet bria[;)ter scenes — \)Q boasts 
 
 i^pienaors beyond wrjat noraeous i^ummer i?nows, 
 fr C^utumn wit!} pis many fruits, and woods 
 
 oil flusl^ed witl; many Ques. oome wpen tpe rams 
 nave cla?^ed \\)Q snow, and clothed tpe trees witl; ice, 
 
 Willie il^e slant sun of Pebruary pours 
 ^nto tl^e bowers a flood of lipl^t. cipproaci} ! 
 
 ^'be Incrusted surface sball upbear 1ny steps; 
 ond 'l^e broad arcbma portals of tf^e qrove 
 Welcome tl;y entering. 
 
 ErVAN T. 
 
ICY FEATHERS. 
 
 
 'HEi verdure of tbe plain lies buned deep 
 
 Deneafb tl^e da^zlina deluae ; and ti^e bents 
 
 C^nd coarser nrass upspeannn o er tpe rest, 
 ■^f late unsmbtly and unseen, now SQine 
 
 Conspicuous, and in bright apparel clad 
 
 clnd fledaed wltlj icy fealt)ers, nod superb. 
 
 COUI'EK. 
 
OLD KING WINTER. 
 
 J WINTER, ruler of \\)Q inverlec! year, 
 
 ^by scattered \)Q\? Vvitr? sleet-!i!^e as^es filled, 
 ^by breaib conaealed upon tby lips, iby cbeel^s 
 
 Rrinci d witb a beard made wbite witb olber snow: 
 ^ban tbose of aae ; iby forebead wrapped in clouds, 
 
 leafless brancb tby sceptre, and tby tbrone 
 slidina car, indebted to no wbeels, 
 
 But uro d by storms alon^ its slipp ry way, 
 ^ love ibee, all unlovely as tbou seem st, 
 
 Qnd dreaded as tbou art. 
 
 COWFER, 
 
FROSTY DA VS. 
 
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 ^HE sl?y IS bniar^t, tl;e am serenely cola, 
 
 ^\)G been nortb-west, that heaps tr;e drifted snow; 
 
 Hon nnontbs entire o er frozen re9ions bluws; 
 
 rHon braves l^is blast ; \)\s, qelid breatb inhales 
 
 Ond feels more viaorous as trje frost prevails, 
 
 David Humi'i)i;kvs 
 
A DAZZLING GARMENT. 
 
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 ^'HE cl^ensl^ecl fields 
 
 r ut on ti^eir winter robe of purest wt;ite, 
 (^is bnci^tness all ; save wpere ilje new snow melts 
 
 olona tl^e mo^y current. lSow tl)e woods 
 iDovj tr)eir l;oar rjeods ; and, ere i\)e Ian9uid sun 
 
 Paint from tbe west emits 91s evening ray, 
 Qartl^ s universal face, deep-l^id and cl^iil, 
 
 9s one wild dazzling waste, tba!" buries wide 
 e worbs of man. 
 
A FIRESIDE SONG. 
 
 \10W 1l}e wintry winds are blowing 
 
 rrioanlnaly alonp ; 
 0n t^e dyina embers tl;)rowin^ 
 Fuel, set QQc\) face a^lowinp, 
 
 oljeer eacl} l^eart witl} sona. 
 
 Rot for any moonlit bower 
 ^n ^outl^ern clime, 
 Will we aive tl^is rtortl^enn dower, 
 ^i^is delial^tful, social l^our — 
 Qve in winter time. 
 
 I. W. JOKDAN'. 
 
BEAUTIES OF WINTER. 
 
 L'MP 
 
 ME naked trees stretcl; out tl^eir arms all day, 
 
 C^nd eaci; bald [^ill-top lifts its reverend [;ead, 
 ols if for some ne^' covenncj to pray. 
 
 (c>ome, Winter, tpen and spread t!}y robe of wl^ite 
 obove t!}e desolation of tr)is scene; 
 
 v:dnd wl^en tpe sun witb aems spall rnabe it bnabt, 
 yn, wpen its snowy folds by midmqbt s queen, 
 
 Ore Silvered o er witp a serener liQl;t, 
 We II cease to sial; for Rummer s livma aneen. 
 
 Elizabeth C. Kinney. 
 
A FLEECY COVERING. 
 
 M'^AST falls a fleecy sl^iower ; t^e downy flabes 
 Descendma, and wit9 never-ceasma lapse 
 
 '^oftly alial^tma upon all below, 
 
 Qsslmilate all objects. Qarll; receives 
 
 (gladly tl^e ti^ickenma mantle ; and \\)Q areen 
 
 0nd tender blade, tl;?at feared tfje d^iH'm^ blast, 
 
 Escapes unl^urt beneail;) so warm a vei 
 
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 COWPKR. 
 
BRIGHTNESS J I V THIN. 
 
 I lOUGH boundless snows ll;e witi^ered beat I; deform, 
 Ond \\)Q dinn sun scarce wanders il^rouab tbe siorm, 
 Y et sboll tl^e smile of social love repav, 
 Will; menial liabt, tl^e melancholy day : 
 olnd wben its syort and sullen moon is o er, 
 
 be ice-cbained waters slumbering on tl)e sbore ; 
 Mow bnabt tbe facaots in tbe little ball 
 Dlc^e on tbe beof'ibi ^'^^ warm \\)Q pictured wall. 
 
 Cami inci I . 
 
A WINTER NOON. 
 
 P0N ti;e soutl^ern side of tl^e slant [)ills, 
 
 clncl wl^ere trje woods "fence off tl^e northern blast, 
 
 ^\)Q season smiles, resigning all its ra^e, 
 
 Ind pas t[;e warmti; of irYoay. (^f}e vault is blue 
 
 Without a cloud, and wpite witl^out a specb, 
 
 %^\)Q da^zlma splendor of \\)Q scene below. 
 
 COWPHR. 
 
]VrN TER S UN SHINE. 
 
 ^*«*,,. UMMEiR IS a alonous season 
 
 Warm, and brigbt, and pleasani 
 Out \\)Q past IS not a reason 
 
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 )o despise ibe present ; 
 
 )o, wQile beahb can climb tbe mountain, 
 
 Ond tbe loa ligbts up tbe bci'l, 
 (i|)bene are sunny days in winien, after al 
 
 D. V. Macakthv. 
 
THE SNO W-SHO WER. 
 
 ^^^EiE bow in a livincj swarm tl^ey come 
 
 Krom tl^e chambers beyond lljat misty veil ; 
 '^ome bover awbile in air, and some 
 
 r\usb prone from tr^e sby libe summer 901!, 
 clll, droppma swiftly or settlina slow, 
 
 rrieet, and are still m trje depths below; 
 Klabe after flabe 
 Dissolved in tl^e darb and silent labe. 
 
 Bkvant. 
 
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