Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 232
ing about by scores,Smothered laughs behind fast-closed doors;There s a noise of hammers, and tink of bells.And whispered Hushes, and soft Dont tells.Oh, a wonderful place for mysteryIs the ancient Inn of the Christmas Tree ! There guests sit apart, and stitch and sewOn woven linen as white as… … And over the lintel, in gold, is wroughtIts beautiful name of Loving Thought. And Peggy, and Polly, and Pete, and Prue,With a dear little girl that looks like you,A red-haired lass, and a blue-eyed lad,Grandmother dear, and Mother, and Dad,And hundreds of others all over the land,Are working away…
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