Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 196
ll to men. Each year the olden melodyRings out from belfries high, And soon a peaceful quiet reignsBeneath the starlit sky. Long years ago a twinkling starShone brighter far than day; It guided them—the wise men brave—To where the Christ-child lay. I9°3-1 ST. NICHOLAS LEAGUE. I83 A lowly manger for… … window, and seeing the group of hated lobster-backs, inquired: What do ye, thieves, waking honest peoplethis time of night ? Call us not thieves, for we came for your brave
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