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Copyright 1888. 
 
 By Hard & Parsons,. 
 
 New York. 
 
 

 ^ CHRISTMAS Song! a Christmas Song ! 
 
 Listen, and hear as we trip alonct. 
 We l<:no\v a place where the Christmas tide 
 
 Smiles on a gentl)' flowing tide, 
 And never a breath of frosty air 
 
 Chills the heart of the (lowers there. 
 
, LL the day, all the da)-. 
 
 In eddying' whirls we ,g'aily straw 
 P^ollow the sunlig"ht's wavering gleam, 
 
 Close to the banks where grasses lean. 
 In nooks where mosses sniigK- lie. 
 
 And violets ope a tender e\'c. 
 
q()rLL allo;it. all afloat. 
 
 Wc follow the lightly skimminL;- boat; 
 
 And many a tender vow and sigh, 
 
 Hear as we wander softly b\' ; 
 
 Anil many a wild l)ird's golden lay, 
 
 Suiu'- in the twilight, soft and grey. 
 
Qhen 
 
 come away ; conic aw a\ . 
 
 And joy with us this Christmas clay. 
 Never a thought of cold we ])rino-, 
 
 (rlad the strain of song we sing. 
 Ripples of sweet remembrance we, 
 
 On the beautiful tide of Memory. 
 
 Anktk C. McOlKRN. 
 
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