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CHILDREN OF WINTER 
 
 WITH ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLORS 
 AND MONOTINT BY 
 
 MAUD HUMPHREY 
 
 VERSES BY 
 
 EDITH M. THOMAS 
 
 (■'AUG 4 188«')^ ' 
 
 NEW YORK 
 
 Copyright, iSSS. by 
 
 FREDERICK A. STOKES & BROTHER 
 
Zbc rnbistletoc. 
 
 SIv? elf, wttb rosv? fiticjer tips 
 lP>re55eC> tiobtlv on v?our ro£iv? lips, 
 H pia\i vow, tell us wbat \?ou know 
 about tbis braucb ot ntistletoe. 
 
 December speaks. 
 
 TLbc mistletoe is ol5 au& wise, 
 au& always watcbeC* by cuuiiino spies ; 
 II C»o not &arc to tell you bow 
 HuC> wbere 11 fount* tbis curious bougb, 
 ®b, if 11 sboul5 fortjet, an& speak, 
 tlbey 'b pull my ear, a\\b pincb my cbeek! 
 
 aii5 tbis is wby my fitiiier tips 
 11 press so tigbtly on my lips. 
 H cjoo&=niGbt kiss to you II blow, 
 as If trip un&er tbe mistletoe ! 
 
 Edith M. Thomas. 
 
Zbc Snow-Ball Chieftain. 
 
 ail in tbe tinolino frosU^ weatber 
 3 met a cbiettaiti brave an^ briiibt ; 
 
 Ibe'O scarlet bat witb 5iio\v=\vbite tcatber, 
 Ibis step was brisl? an& licibt. 
 
 Ibis twinfilinci ei^es were soft an^ starlihe, 
 llDis lips an& cbeeks were rosi^ re& ; 
 "1F3e doesn't look so vcrw warlike !" 
 JBcncatb mv breatb 11 saib. 
 
 So 11 a kill^ (loo^=monltng bi& bim.— 
 Mitb snow=balls tbree be pelte& me; 
 
 Ubeu laullbc^, aiiC» ran, all^ quicklv bi& bim 
 .16ebiu^ a bemlock tree! 
 
 Rdith M. Thomas. 
 
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 :^lt<6HT 1980. 9Y FRECSniCK A^^OKEE S 8RCTMEM. 
 
Zbc Xittlc Ipvophct 
 
 (jfebruarv? speafts.) 
 
 Uboucib tbe clou&6 are banoino low, 
 an& tbe streams can barMv? cio 
 (Hll tbcir babbliuG wices &uinb), 
 Urust mc, better &a\?s will come ! 
 Don't despair. 
 
 Il'm a propbet, ll'in a seer : 
 11 can see, an5 IF can bear, 
 Sinciino travellers on tbeir wa\? 
 TLo tbis 1Hortblan5 bleah anD gra?; 
 Don't despair. 
 
 11 bave seen tbe fiel5=)nice rnn 
 ail abroad, to taMe tbe sun ; 
 H bave bearb tbe peeper's plaint, 
 jrroni tbe marsbes, far anJ> faint ; 
 Don't despair. 
 
 Il'm a propbet ; IF can spi^ 
 IFn tbis brancb so brown anb i>v^ 
 Xeaves anC flowers tl3at soon will wahe, 
 Hn& tbeir pri3on=fetters break ; 
 Don't despair. 
 
 £di7/i M. Thomas. 
 
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