CHRISTMAS GNOMES.
I. On Christmas Eve the Christmas gnomes In dim-lit rooms of happy homes Enact their playful dramas. Their-little feet arc mostly bare; They haven’t any clothes to wear But nighties or pyjamas. 11. Before the. dark is wearing thin, They come, with whispers stealing in To peer in spots forbidden. Tn closets, drawers, and other nooks ’Where presents —plaything®, picture books. Or goodies, may be hidden. ITT. They seize the dolls; without remorse They swarm the new-found hobby-horse I And set him madly rocking; They open every box; they pour Upon the floor the varied store Of every well-filled stocking. TV. They dance around the Christmas tree, And—oh! that such a thing could be! Those ruthless young Comanches 4 With eager, coral tongues- they lick Each red-striped candy walking stick Upon the bending branches! V. And when they’ve seen and romped their fill, While all the house is dreaming still And still the darkness hovers, With elfin craft they slip away, 1 don’t know where, but I should say ! Perhaps beneath the
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Taranaki Daily News, 15 December 1922, Page 1 (Supplement)
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174CHRISTMAS GNOMES. Taranaki Daily News, 15 December 1922, Page 1 (Supplement)
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