HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Star, 1925-12-17, Page 1GODIERICH, ONTARIO, CANADA„'THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1925
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BU,'GENE FIELD
A .little .seek,. a little toy
A little lockof golden hair,
The Chtistinas •mueic'on the air,
A :watching . for my baby boy:
But3f again that, angel train.
• And golden -head come back to me,.
To bear me to Eternity,
+My; watching. Will not: be. ia, vain i
Christmas Treasures
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NIXON WA'I'1:R1MAN
,Whristouni. comett, but oisee a year.
Well, goshalit. hemlocks; Who
That Chas the Chriettntts- bills to Ps)!
would ever ask for two•
Er•three' .or four, or any mere than
what we have today
There May be some, but say, by gum
I ain't jest built that way;
Anti' so a year that couldn't bring a
'Christmas seems to nae,
Would`be about the (addest thing a
mortal mail could see,
Per who would, miss the Christmas
bilis, because there's bills to pay?
There -May be some, but say, by gumt
I ain't built "jest that wall.
--Vernier Droadacre's Christmas,
RICHARD WATSON GILDER
Whet 'babe new=born is this• that in a
manger cries
Near onher' bed of pain hishappy
mother lies.
O, see the air is shaken with white..._.
and heavenly wings—
nit; is the Lord of all the .earth,
this is the Ring of kings.
Tell me, haw may I join in this holy -
feast
With all the kneeling world, and I of
all the least
Fear not, 0 faithful heart, but
being what most is meet ;
Bring love alone, true love alone,
and lay it at His feet.
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CLEMENT C. MOORE •
::And then in a twinkling I heard on
the root •
The prancing and pawing. of each
little hoof.,
As I drew in . any head, and turning
aroan&
Down the chstraney St.•. Nicholas came
with a • bound.
He was dressed all in fur from his
head to his foot,
And his clothes were all: tarnished
with ashes and soot ;
• A bundle of toys he had hung on his
back,
-And he looked like a peddler just
opening his pack.
• His eyes, how they twinkled, his dim-
ples, how messy 1 °
His cheeks were like .roses, Ms nose
like a .eherryy
Hit droll little mouth was drawn up
like .ct bow,
And the beard on Ids chin *us as
white via •the. snow.
The stump of a pipe he held` tight in
his teeth,
And the smoke—it encircled his head
like a wreath..
He had a broad face and a little
round belly
That shook, when he laughed, tike a
bowl full of telly.
Ile was chubby and plump -a right
jolly old elf ;
And I laughed when 1 saw him, in
---spite of myself.
A wink of his eye and a twist of his
head
Soon gave me to know I had nothing
to dread,
He spoke not a word, but went
straight to his. work,
And tilled all the stockings; then
turned with a jerk,
And laying his linger aside of his
nese.
And giving * nod, up the •ahitnney he
rose.
-A visit from St. Nicholas.
lig liturittrie Diouf `)t ash
H.! ' Don't dare breathe Buddy!»
"Dust apw I heard sleigh. bells, 1 did. -Now all
goHedy. 'VWlhat's Santa like?"
""Sh! thought.:I , heard; surnpin'-.:maybe, ale's: ui
there now. '..
"What's he doing, oil,. Pro frightened."
"Aw, don't get scared, hone she's nice Santa is. Big, ,
`; you law* and j
ryrthmg• Hope lie dont forget• what
:r1 y'
'I specially wanted-6,1wander
'npveander If lit lot my letter."
"I wrote bun, too—it wasa't.'keallwrithe . like yours, but
nit said silo: thou:lit lite could st ' ;attse he's, suer
'Well, I, specify wanted u real saraphone and some
roller dtates,,arld a new sled,... -and; some other things, ob yes,
I .did specially want a fountain pen like' Dad's;.and a pair of
bunnies and' a bicycle,and a boat with real sans.
'What did you ask for?"
"Oh, 'I told hire I'd like a fire engine that would aIle*
and gallop and blow a whistle and ring bells, toot, toot ani;
everybody get out of the wa! •Hooray!" •
"Sb, Sh,—not so ioud�*-say, you're. tandem' . of a real fire
engine, you are!"
"'Yes, suite, with white horses."
"Well, a real fire engine withhorses-well-.-•it's too big
.w--d'y'ou know how big it is?"
"No, how big is it?"
"It's as big as our room, 'n :es,,,bigh as those stairs, the
Udder .is, and horses, real,: .horses, d'you know how big thi;y+',
are, now?"
"No, how big?"
"They are about twie't as Sigh as you are. 1 itood closer
by on the street when the mounted policeman stopped, said I
couldn't reach up to hid top side, where the saddle is. Say, • if
Santa did give you one, Mama wouldn't let you' keep, it, .any,.
Way." ,
""Why_. why not?" (sadly).
"'Cause they has to be a barn: for horses, bigger'n 'a
garage, too,, and aur garage's airfoil of our car, and tires, and ,
pop's tools, and youcouldn't get a horse' in antywheres, besides
not two horses specially. There, now, don't cry over it. ' I bet
Sapta'n thunk up sumpm' just as good, --maybe he'll get you
a ,play fire engine about your size, and gee, that will be tats,
better, or *scooter, that you can play is a lure engine, and yell
(Lust,dang! (wet fire!"
Voice from below :
"Childret, are you up? You should have been asleep
long ago. Now trot right along to bed. Santa might go on by
if he found you up,—he laaces good little boys, hurry .nowt"'
xtSay, MothEr---"
Telt ,.,,
• '"If you sen him, tell hon not to forget my s
Motherspecially."
"And, Mir—"
"Yes?s
"Tell him not to forget my fire engine,•• -very specially
please..."
"All right, now hop along to bed, both of you."
"Merry Christmas, Mother!"
• "Stone to you!"
"Merry Christmas, Madder."
"YesF dears"
"And Mulder •--w Say Merry Christmaz to Santa top
please."-
"MI right. Good night."
"Good night."
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MILTON.
This is the, month, and this "he hupny
mom,
Wherein the .son il'eav'n a eternal
Ring, . • -
Of wedded. Maid and Virgin' Mother
• Oar great redemption frons above +lid..:
ng ;
For sobrithe holy sages once did sing:.
That III our deadly forleit should
. rae,
And witheleH"ie Father work us a per
tietttitt..Iae3u!i+.•.,. ‘‘v(!irk
Hymn to the Nativity.-
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LONGFEL.f.OW
i heard the bells on Chtiwthias Ii iy.
Thelr old famithir. carols play.,.
And wild and sweet
The words -repeat
Of peace on earth, good will to men.
Then pealed the bells more ipudand
deep,
"God is not dead; nor doth Ile sleep; ,
The wrong shallfail; the right pre-
vail,
With peace on earth, gond' will to
men.
—Chris t Hina Bells.
TENNYSON
The time draws near the birth. of
Christ;
The nobn is hid; the night is still;
The Christmas bells froni hill to..
hill
Answer each other in the mist.
This year I slept and woke with pain;
I almost wished'no more to wake. •
And that my hold on -life would
break
Before I heard those bells • again, -
But they my troubled spirit rule,
For they controlled me when a boy;
They bring me sorrow•touehed with
Hoyt,
The merry, merry bells of Yule.
-mirl rilemoriany.•
BROWNING
I• then, in ignorance• and Weakness
laking lioo s .hells,' hare, attained to
think '
•':/1y heart does best to • te'eive tai
meekness
That mode of .worship, as Most t„
his mind,
Where, earthly aids being east hs.
Hind, '•
,lis All in All appears- •;ercn
• With the thinnesta huanan veil be-
tween.
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• For the preacher's merit or demerit.
It were to be. wished the Saws wero
fewer •
In the earthen vessel,. holding trete-
sure •
Which lies use safe in•a golden ewer;
But the amain thing iso; •does it hot i
. .. _vital measure 2 . .
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:►lay it be mine l And let u:; lupi'
• That no worse blessing b_�fall th_
Pope,
o 8 # *
Nor may the Professor foiegit itis
peach
At Gottingen presently, ~',Ilan in th
• • dusk,
Of his life, if his Bough, as I fear,
shall increase,
Prophesied of by that hnrribls husk.
When thicker and thicker the dart°
nes;: fills
The world through his. mist;7 spi':
to eles,
Arid - he gropes for something mots
substantial,
Than a, fable, myth t.r personifies,
Beene
May Christ do for him .what no mere
Iran shall,
And stand confessed as the God u?'
salvation !
Chrietata • l:at.
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