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0W tbe soft-bued llobt of 
 
 morninc 
 
 Wabes from out \\)g eastern si? 
 
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 ^)oucl;)inp eartb witb rosy finaers, 
 ViTilciinp shadows ere tbey fly,, 
 
 (if ill tbe beavens in tbeir niory 
 ^b'ne resplendent far and wide, 
 
 Wbile tbe eartb witb arms uplifted 
 Welcomes in tbe 6bristmas-tide 
 
\'\QBE,D m beauty for its coming: 
 
 ololbed in winters ^arb of snow, 
 Prom i\)e mountain's crest of verdure 
 
 (^o t^e wooded slope below, 
 Decb^ed witb crystal jewels sparblmp, 
 
 Ws i\)e sun reflects t^eir lig^t, 
 iKirrowed in a tbousand fancies 
 Krom tl^e waters, calm and bri 
 
JR0ZEN drops of wot 
 
 er qlisien 
 
 Prom \\)Q brancbes of tbe t 
 
 rees, 
 
 IP voices 
 
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 Qil^e sweet fairy bells t^ei 
 
 Wob^e witb every passinci breeze. 
 
 Oomes a sound of merry louabter 
 Prom some Bifin band at play, 
 
 Ws witb airy footsteps fallina 
 
 ^)broupb tbe ^ien tbey gayly stray, 
 
ATURE § sweetesi" music lin 
 
 gers 
 
 Jn eacb sound and echoes clear, 
 Mipb above ibe tree-tops wafted 
 
 '4)brouc)b tbe forest far and near 
 obnstmas joy and Sbristmas aladn 
 
 Pill tbe air witb soft refrains, 
 While tbe peace of olden story 
 
 ZJ\'er all m blessina reicins. 
 
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