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ER \\)e blue r)ills distant summit, 
 
 (^l^rou^t) tpe woodland, down tpe vale, 
 Happy sunbeams wander, leaving 
 (golden patl)ways in tpeir trail. 
 
 s sweet beralds come reioicma 
 
 Wal^in 
 
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 ov on every si 
 
 de, 
 
 •ayinn : " I \ise ! your 4\ina advances, 
 Haste to ^reet tl^e K^ristmas-tide ! 
 
N i\)e quiet l^aunts of nature 
 
 Wl^ere i\r)e birds in spnn^-tinne nest, 
 V\l\)ere sweet violets reflected 
 
 t^row beside tbe water s breast, 
 riow i\)e sunbeams passina, alinnmer 
 
 On tl^e leafless branc^ies bipb, 
 t^lance wl^ere snuoiy covered violets 
 
 Waitina for tbe sprinn-time, lie. 
 
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 HERE tl^e fir-trees — arms entwininn- 
 trroup in many a araceful band, 
 
 l\obecl in surplice wl^ite and sbminci 
 ^ilent ci^oristers to stand, 
 
 t^enily now Ipe sunbeamis pausina, 
 
 l^est 
 
 awQile ana 
 
 linner I9 
 
 ere, 
 
 Os witl} reverent fooisleps waitina, 
 9n tpe \)us\) of silent prayer. 
 
^"^ 0R a peace unr^nown to spnna-time, 
 y er tbe landscape seems to dwel 
 Ond trje murmurinn breezes onl . 
 Words of kindly blessina tell ; 
 Wnly tollow wr^ere tpe sunbeams 
 
 ^. oyous footsteps ligbily fal 
 
 Dreatr^inn soft tl^e ob^^istmas messaae, 
 " Peace on earth, aood will to all. 
 
 Annie C. .Mc()rKK\. 
 
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 
 
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