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Sample ## Take a look inside SNOW-BOUND SNOW-BOUND A WINTER IDYL By JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BOSTON JAMES R. OSGOOD AND COMPANY, Late Ticknor & Fields, and Fields, Osgood, & Co. 1872 Entered according to Act of Congress, in the years 1865 and 1867, by JOHN G. WHITTIER, in the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts. In the present edition of “Snow-Bound,” the Illustrations are drawn by Mr. Harry Fenn from sketches made by him during a visit to the scene of the poem. The engraving has been done by Mr. A. V. S. Anthony, under whose supervision the book has been prepared, and Mr. W. J. Linton. The Publishers are confident that the drawing, engraving, and printing will commend themselves to the approval of the critic and the connoisseur; while to those unfamiliar with the locale of the poem, the following note from the author will be the best guaranty of the artists’ fidelity. It gives me pleasure to commend the illustrations which accompany this edition of “Snow-Bound,” for the faithfulness with which they present the spirit and the details of the passages and places that the artist has designed them to accompany. J. G. W. TO THE MEMORY OF THE HOUSEHOLD IT DESCRIBES, THIS POEM IS DEDICATED BY THE AUTHOR. “As the Spirits of Darkness be stronger in the dark, so Good Spirits which be Angels of Light are augmented not only by the Divine light of the Sun, but also by our common VVood Fire: and as the Celestial Fire drives away dark spirits, so also this our Fire of VVood doth the same.” Cor. Agrippa, Occult Philosophy, Book I. chap. v. “Announced by all the trumpets of the sky, Arrives the snow; and, driving o’er the fields, Seems nowhere to alight; the whited air Hides hills… [ Sign in to buy ](https://publica.now/access?redirect=%2Fcheckout%2Fsnow-bound-a-winter-idyll) The sample continues in the full work. 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