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CHRISTMAS


Then pealed the bells more loud and deep.
"God is not dead; nor doth He sleep!
   The Wrong shall fail,
   The Right prevail,
With peace on earth, good-will to men!"



MINSTRELS AND MAIDS

Outlanders, whence come ye last?
   The snow in the street and the wind on the door.
Through what green seas and great have ye past?
   Minstrels and maids, stand forth on the floor.

From far away, O masters mine,
   The snow in the street and the wind on the door.
We come to bear you goodly wine.
   Minstrels and maids, stand forth on the floor.

From far away we come to you,
   The snow in the street and the wind on the door.
To tell of great tidings strange and true,
   Minstrels and maids, stand forth on the floor.