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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: THE FESTIVAL OF GOOD CHEER; CHRISTMAS MONOLOGUES. FARMER.] Blow?blow?bushels o' snow? As if you had lost your senses Rake with your might long winrows white, Along o' my walls an' fences Hover and crowd, ye black-faced cloud Your look 's with comfort mingled; The more o' ye falls on these strong walls, The better my house is shingled. Swarm, swarm, pale bees o' the storm You bid the world look whiter; Your very ire but pokes my fire, And makes the blaze burn brighter I ha' worked away more 'n one hot day, With the harvest-forge a-glowing, To kindle the cheer of Summer here, When cold winds should be blowing. I ha' braced my form 'gainst many a storm, When the gale blew helter-skelter? O'er side-hills steep, through snow-drifts deep, I ha' climbed, to make this shelter. My debts arc raised, The Lord be praised They left my old heart lighter; That Tnortgage I fed to the fire-mouths red? And it made the flame burn brighter There's a smile that speaks, in the plump red cheeks Of the apples in these dishes; They go down square, with a business air Of consultin' my stomach's wishes. I am feelin' the charms of comfort's arms, Which never opened wider, With the sober frown of my doughnuts brown, And the laugh of my sweet - kept cider. (Of course I know that this all must go, In a whirl of death or sorrow; But there's nothing lost in the work it cost, If I knew I should die to-morrow ) My mind will piny, this Christmas-day, Round the sad-faced little stranger That smiled on them at Bethlehem; And I wish it had been my manger I'd ha' told 'em square to get out o' there, For I hadn't o'er-much o' shed-room, And move that lad and what else they had, Straight into my parlor bedroo...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217935012 |
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| ISBN-10 | 021793501X |
| Weight | 0.41 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.28 In |
| List Price | $14.14 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 118 pages |
| Publisher | |
| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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