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Christmas tree
by e e cummingS
COPYRIGHT 1928
BY E. E. CUMMINGS
NEW YORK
CHRISTMAS TREE
little tree little silent Christmas tree you are so little you are more like a flower
who found you in the green forest and were you very sorry to come away? see were i will comfort you because you smell so sweetly
i will kiss your cool bark and hug you safe and tight just as your mother would, only don’t be afraid
look sleep the spangles that sleep all the year in a dark box dreaming of being taken out and allowed to shine, the balls the chains red and gold the fluffy threads,
put up your little arms and i’ll give them all to you to hold every finger shall have its ring and there won’t be a single place dark or unhappy
then when you’re quite dressed you’ll stand in the window for everyone to see and how they’ll stare! oh but you’ll be very proud
and my little sister and i will take hands and looking up at our beautiful tree we’ll dance and sing “Noel Noel”
XMAS TREE
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THE WHOLE
BY E E CUMMINGS
BY PERMISSION
BY S. A. JACOBS
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IN NEW YORK
IN THIS YEAR OF GRACE MCMXXVIII
BY THE AMERICAN BOOK BINDERY INC
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