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17382	Moore, Clement Clarke	A Visit From Saint Nicholas			.txt	text/plain	629	64	98	A VISIT FROM SAINT NICHOLAS. Southern District of New York. [Illustration: Saint Nicholas] In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there; Away to the window I flew like a flash, The moon, on the breast of the new-fallen snow, With a sleigh full of toys--and St. Nicholas too. As I drew in my head, and was turning around, Down the chimney St. Nicholas came with a bound. His eyes how they twinkled! His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow, And the smoke, it encircled his head like a wreath. That shook when he laughed, like a bowl full of jelly. A wink of his eye, and a twist of his head, And giving a nod, up the chimney he rose. He sprang to his sleigh, to his team gave a whistle, And away they all flew like the down of a thistle; [Illustration: MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL]	./cache/17382.txt	./txt/17382.txt