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BEAUTY SHIELDS by BEULAH WINDLE SCALLIN

First Line: THE SNOW HAS FALLEN SOFTLY THROUGH THE NIGHT
Last Line: BE SUFFERED AND IGNORED BY WISE HUMANITY.
Subject(s): BEAUTY; NATURE; SNOW;

The snow has fallen softly through the night
And buried in an ermine coat, a blight
Of dust
And debris from our harried sight.

We see white, frozen beauty shield the eye
From ugliness. Dissembling is no lie;
We trust
The smile which conquers every sigh.

So spreads the mantle of a gracious charity
Above the sordidness and futile vanity
That must
Be suffered and ignored by wise humanity.



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