CHRISTMAS.
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Christmas.
We reveled in the joy of
December's greatest boon;
Fair, sunny skies, as cloudless
And radiant as June.
December's greatest boon;
Fair, sunny skies, as cloudless
And radiant as June.
Like healing balm, the sunshine
Poured out its softest rays;
While lengthened bits of twilight
Eked out the shortened days.
Poured out its softest rays;
While lengthened bits of twilight
Eked out the shortened days.
Anon, a transformation,
Revealed by morning light—
And all the earth is covered
With robes of dazzling white.
Revealed by morning light—
And all the earth is covered
With robes of dazzling white.
We doubt no more that winter,
That seemed so far away,
Uncertain, long-delaying,
Has come, and come to stay.
That seemed so far away,
Uncertain, long-delaying,
Has come, and come to stay.
The tender benediction
That crowns the dying year,
In every heart accords with
A thought of Christmas cheer.
That crowns the dying year,
In every heart accords with
A thought of Christmas cheer.
