SNOW-DROP. 



(galanthus nivalis.) 



" And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as 

 He is pure." 



1 John iii. 3. 



"While the snow is on the lea 

 Pure and spotless cometh she, 

 Drooping modestly her head 

 Though a herald from the dead : 



As the Temple-courts beheld 

 Marj', with her Babe, of eld, 

 At the Altar bending low, 

 Come to pay a mother's yow'^. 



Oh, were garb as spotless mine 

 As the Snow-drop's robe divine ; 

 "Were my heart as bright and pure, 

 Then my peace would be secure. 



•* Snow-drops generally appear about the same time as the Festival of the 

 " Purification of Saint Mary the Virgin." 



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