“On the snow, the beautiful snow,
Filling the sky and the earth below.
Over the house-tops, over the street,
Over the heads of the people you meet,
Dancing,
Flirting,
Skimming along,
Beautiful snow, it can do nothing wrong.”

Beautiful Snow [1869]. Stanza 1.

John Whittaker Watson [1824-1890].

Barlett’s Familiar Quotations by John Bartlett.
Published by Little, Brown and Company, 1955. Page 632.