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yb> ^y pretty Ditter-sweet, 
 I rty scarlet berries clear, 
 
 Wbat a joyful sial}t to areet 
 Y our smilina faces \)ere, 
 
 Witb your l^earts of crimson, wicl( 
 ypen for tl^e obf'istmas-iicle. 
 
brlowin^ ever warm and briabt 
 olbove toe frozen snow, 
 
 y synnbol fair of love and liobt 
 Wl^ere life is cold below, 
 
 (^o bid tbe lonci-closed beart, be wid( 
 0pen for tl^e 6bristmas-tide. 
 
(^o all wr)o would your name entreat, 
 
 You teacl^ a lessen, too, 
 (^}\)a\ bitter minales witl^ tbe sweet 
 
 yf life, — tbe wi}ole way t^rougb — 
 c)nd wake tl^eir b^Of'ts m wisdom, wide 
 
 open for tbe obnistmas-tide, 
 
C)o that, my Ditter-sweet, is wqv 
 
 9 bless your nlad return. 
 Decause you raise my tbougl^ts on \)\o\), 
 
 (^)\)e truths of life to learn. 
 Ond beep my peart in welcome, wide 
 
 ypen for tl^e ob^istmas-tide. 
 
 Annie C". IMcCJiee? 
 
LIBRftRY OF CONGRESS 
 
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