THE CHRISTMAS TREE.
A flash of light, a merry hum", And peals of rippling laughter sweet, The pattering of tiny feet, And, 10, the little children come. A stately flr-treo rears its head With stars and lapel's all ablazo ; And quivering in the fairy rays, The glitering, loaded branohes spread. And childish eye 3 are sparkling bright, And childish hearts with joy o'orflow, And on that Birthday long ago They ponder with a grave delight. Then to their gifts they turn once more, And In the present sunshine lost, They fear no future tempest-tossed, But unto fairy regions soar. No cares, no fears, a happy time Of laughter ; teors that cannot stay ; An April day, a year of May, Pealed in and out with Christmas chime.
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Te Aroha News, Volume II, Issue 81, 20 December 1884, Page 5
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126THE CHRISTMAS TREE. Te Aroha News, Volume II, Issue 81, 20 December 1884, Page 5
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