Eliot, Samuel, 1821-1898 · Boston : [J. Wilson & Son, University Press] · leaf 264
is night hath every oneA Christmas-tree, that he glad may be.And I alone have none. Ah ! when I lived at liome.From brothers and sisters hand1 had my share, but theres none to careFor me in the strangers land. Will no one let mc in?No presents I would crave.But to see the light, and the tree all… … Each father brings home gifts,Each mother, kind and mild ;There is joy for all, but none will call And welcome that lonely child. 246 THE STRAXGE CHILDS CIUIISTMAS. Mother and father are dead — 0 Jesus, kind and dear, Ive no one now, tliere is none but Thou,For I am forgotten here ! The poor child…
Children's poetry
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