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(t/vVCROSS the Icincl fhctt all tbe liarvest 
 
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 Reason, yielclecl bounteous sti 
 (libat from Ihe -ppnng till close of Quiumn 
 
 Origbtest colored garments wore; 
 How ioe obristmas ligbt is sbming 
 
 nrom tbe glowing sl^ies o erbeacl, 
 Bn wood and corn-field, glade and meadow, 
 
 l\obed in purest wbde instead. 
 
(TVrBOVC fbe low stone wall tbe brambles 
 I \eacb to clasp eacb other s bands, 
 Wbile tbe wooden gate, neglected, 
 
 Wpen to tbe stranger stands, 
 tJeserted now are trees and busbes 
 
 Wbence tbe summer birds bave fled. 
 Unly wbere tbe owl sluiribers 
 
 In tbe oal^-tree s bollow bed 
 
^-''HQ generous snow, a bectvv blanl^et 
 
 y er fbe bed of wbeat ba 
 
 s loin, 
 
 (Sf>o l^eep it warm until the >^pring-time 
 bomes to wal^e tbe sleeping gram. 
 
 In I be air a peaceful stillness 
 l\eigns in blessing everywbere. 
 
 ols of nature calmly resting 
 nrom ber cloys of toil and 
 
 care. 
 
Tli folcled bands in quiet waiting 
 
 Por tbe blessing from above, 
 Hor tbe smile tbat beams from Heaven 
 
 KJ\/er all, in ligbt and love. 
 P'or tbe boly time of promise, 
 
 obi'istmas time of peace and cbeer, 
 Wben tbe eartb is filled witb gladness 
 
 olnd tbe Ongels bover near. 
 
 Annie C. McQieen. 
 
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