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MATIICRING Gbnstmas mistletoe 
 Su decl^ tbe cottage walls. 
 Herself, tbe sweetest floweret 
 
 Uii wbicb tbe sunlight falls, 
 balmlv seated on a snow-bank 
 
 ull unmindful of tbe cold, 
 blaspmg tigbt tbe treasured buncbes 
 Sbat tbe little fingers bold. 
 
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 URCLY now \\)Q lowly cottage, 
 
 Has no need of other grace 
 (3)0 charm the joyous orjnstmas morning, 
 
 G'han her pretty smiling face; 
 ohrislmas py must surely linger 
 
 Where her footsteps lightly go, 
 bloving hearts that know her, surely, 
 
 Opristmas ioy ana gladness l^now. 
 
IKQ a merry sunbeam, straying 
 
 Prom the sr?y at breab of day, 
 oboosmg, with a wayward spirit, 
 
 Wn the pleasant eartb to stay, 
 ypo, tbis little maiden wanders 
 
 lyound about witb sweet intent, 
 tomes to-day a happy sunbeam, 
 
 obnstmas sunbeam, — Heaven sent. 
 
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 ING all the world a welcome 
 
 Prom her little loving heart; 
 In her snare of obnstmas bounty 
 
 Wishing all could bave a part. 
 Unci throughout tbe bills and valleys 
 
 Where the sunbeams brightly gleam, 
 riot one sweeter, fairer, brighter 
 
 (if ban this little " Gbristmas-beam. 
 
 Annie C. Mi i 
 
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