Journeys through Bookland : a new and original plan for reading applied to the world's best literature for children (1922)
Sylvester, Charles Herbert · Chicago : Bellows-Reeve · leaf 222
a lustre of midday to objects below;When, what to my wondering eyes should appear,But a miniature sleigh and eight tiny reindeer,With a little old driver, so lively and quick,I knew in a moment it must be Saint Nick.JNIore rapid than eagles his coursers they came,And he whistled and shouted, and… … 204 A Visit from Saint Nicholas As dry leaves that before the wild hurricane fly,When they meet with an obstacle, mount to the sky.So up to the house-top the coursers they flew,With the sleigh full of toys,—and Saint Nicholas, too.And then in a twinkling I heard on the roofThe prancing and pawing…
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