If
Holidays and CelebrationsIF
2235
If c-a-t spelt dog and cow
And horse and mouse and heaven,
If two plus two made six and nine
And twelve and eighty-seven,
If "see the man" was all there was
To learn Inside my reader,
No boy would be as bright as I,
In school…
High Life At Christmas
Holidays and CelebrationsHigh LIfe at Christmas
2552
When the turkey's on the table,
And the mince ple's on the way,
An' my plate is filled with ilxens
Thet belong to Christmas day,
I fergit I'm I'm over eighty,
An' about my rheumatiz,
An' it seems to me that…
Treasures
Holidays and CelebrationsTreasures
1769
I count my trensures o'er with care,
The little toy that beby knew,
A little sock with faded hue,
A little lock of golden hair
Long years ago this Christmas time:
My little one, my all to me,
Sat robed in white upon my knee…
So As By Fire
Holidays and CelebrationsSo As By Fire
2334
There are two equal loves, each passion-strong,
And one doth still desire, and one deny
Strange war they wage, these twain, their whole life long,
For either both must live, or both must die
If love-denial prevail and…
The Christmas Guest
Holidays and CelebrationsTHE CHRISTMAS GUEST
4323
Whoso shall come my way this night,
By moor or hill or shore,
For him the Blessed candles' light,
For him the open door
(Oh, Mary, this for Thy Son's sake Though mine comes in no more!)
My hearth is swept, my Yule…
Annie And Willie’s Prayer
Holidays and CelebrationsAnnie and Willie's Prayer
2664
'Twas the night before Christmas "Good night had been said
And Annie and Willie had crept into bed
There were tears on their pillows and tears in their
And eyes, each little bosom was heaving with sighs
For…
The Make-Believe Man
Holidays and CelebrationsThe Make-Believe Man
14710
Dame Nature lights her candles in the caverns of the sky
With a twinkle, twinkle, twinkle, and a yawn heigh-ho!
And there blows a little cobweb into ev- ery little eve
As the footsteps of the a-tick-a-tocking by…
Thanksgiving Day
Holidays and CelebrationsThanksgiving Day
908
There is no home of which a, man may say:
"We want no turkey on Thanksgiving day"
There is no barnyard where the turks don't
feel
The end of living's this a good, square
meal
Polly’s Discovery
Holidays and CelebrationsPolly's Discovery
1152
THINGS are not like they used to be
When I was very small,
And some things 'bout old Santa Claus
I do not see at all!
There used to be just only one,
Who came the night before
And climbed right down our chimney
place,…
Halloween
Holidays and CelebrationsHalloween
22
Ah, Hallowe'en's the dandy night!
Yet woe to the unwary,
For in the dark one's apt to meet
A Jack-o'-Lantern scarey
This Hallowe'en, the Bunnies said,
"Tonight we'll have some fun
We'll make a Jack-o'-Lantern and
We'll see the…
New Year’s Eve
Holidays and CelebrationsNew Year's Eve
837
If you're waking, call me early, call me early
mother deur,
For I would see the run rise upon the glad now
your:
It is the last New Year that I shall ever see; Then you may lay me low in the wold and think
no more of me
Tonight…
The Vacation Girl
Holidays and CelebrationsThe Vacation Girl
707
Sunburned to a bilster!
Freckles mixed with tan!
Has seen so many people
That she hates her follow man
Still she tells her story,
Like some customed rhyme,
Thoughtlessly repeated: "
Had a lovely line!"
Brother has a headache,
Mother…
The Mistletoe Bough
Holidays and CelebrationsThe Mistletoe Bough
2984
The mistletoe hung in the castle hall
The holly branch shone on the old oak wall:
And the baron's retainers were blithe and gay
And keeping their Christmas holy day:
The baron beheld with a father's pride
His beautiful…
Jack’s Combination Holiday
Holidays and CelebrationsJack's Combination Holiday
1151
THE reason I'm thankful
On Thanksgiving Day
Is 'cause I know Christmas
Is well on its way
A little more grateful
And happy I grow
As nearer and nearer
To Christmas I go
And then when I find that
My waiting…
Little Jim
Holidays and CelebrationsLittle Jim
2397
You're right, not every time you'll meet a million- aire like me
That planks you down a check for your Xmas char- fty
It's downright joy for me to give, but they've more sense, they say
The other fellows, but you see somehow…
Castle Yesterday
Holidays and CelebrationsCastle Yesterday
1154
In the Valley of Contentment, just be
yond the Hills of old
Where the streams are always aliver and
The runshine siwave gold
Where the hour is ever morning and the
akien are never gray,
In the yellow hage of springtime…
Christmas Night
Holidays and CelebrationsCHRISTMAS NIGHT
5433
At last Thou art come, little Savior
And Thine angels fill midnight with song:
Thou art come to us, gentle Creator! Whom
Thy creatures have sighed for so long
Christmas Gifts
Holidays and CelebrationsChristmas Gifts
3842
"What did you get for Christmas?"
"Oh, nothing much," he said
"Nothing but a picture book,
And a pair of skates and a sled
"And a new fur cap, and a muffler,
And a train of cars, and a ball,
And a top, and a game,…
Welcome Stranger
Holidays and CelebrationsWelcome Stranger
3604
Like a large check from a departed aunt;
Like a young chicken in a restaurant;
Like a half dollar in last year's vest;
Like a brief sermon on the day of rest;
Like a late breakfast on a holiday;
Like the kind note that…
White Chrysanthemums
Holidays and CelebrationsWHITE CHRYSANTHEMUMS
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Born of the clouds and darkness,
Of the frost and early snow:
When the summer blooms have faded,
The beautiful Christ flowers blow
All through the budding springtime,
All through the summer's heat,
All through…