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When Christmas bells are swinging above the fields of snow,We hear sweet voices ringing from lands of long ago.And etched on vacant places,Are half forgotten facesOf friends we used to cherish, and loves we used to know–When Christmas bells are swinging above the fields of snow.
Uprising from the ocean of the present surging near,We see, [...]
In his great cushioned chair by the fenderAn old man sits dreaming to-night,His withered hands, licked by the tenderWarm rays of the red anthracite,Are folded before him, all listless;His dim eyes are fixed on the blaze,While over him sweeps the resistlessFlood-tide of old days.
He hears not the mirth in the hallway,He hears not the sounds [...]
by P.Z. Mann
The Whittles lived in Humbleburg,As poor as poor can be,But all their neighbors loved them,For their generosity.For though the Whittles’ shelves were bare,Their cottage tumbledown,When Christmas came they made a toy,For every child in townOne Christmas Eve they climbed in bed,After all the toys were made;And while they dreamed of better times,The Whittles [...]
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