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A cheer for the snow—the drifting snow; Smoother and purer than Beauty's brow; The creature of thought scarce likes to tread On the delicate carpet so richly spread.
A cheer for the snow—the drifting snow; Smoother and purer than Beauty's brow; The creature of thought scarce likes to tread On the delicate carpet so richly spread.
Approximate author period: c. 1817 AD · industrial
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- Eliza Cook
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- Approximate author period: c. 1817 AD · industrial
documented author birth year (1817)
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- Handy Dictionary of Poetical Quotations (1901) (1901 AD)
Quote1747 · printed citation: ELIZA COOK: Snow.
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