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Show RING OUT, YE MERRY EELLS! tllng out, ye merry bellsl Welcome bright (eldest Welcome, old holly-crowned Chrltro again t Blithe as a child at play, keeping hla holiday, Welcbmo him back from the snow peak and plain. Up with the holly bough, green from the winter's brow, Lock up your ledgcri and carei for a day; Out to the forest go, gather the mlaUc- toe, Old and young, rich and poor, up and awayl Up with tho holly boughs, ay, and the laurel now; In with the yule log, and brighten the hearth; Qulckl here he Is again, come with his joyous train, Laughter and muslo and friendship and mirth. t.'p with tho holly boughs, high In each manor house. Garnish tho antlers that hang In the hall. Vcs, nnd the "neck" of corn with a gay wreath ndorn, Filch as the bloom on tho cottngor's wall. Wealth hns Its duties now, Christian, you will allow; Think, then, ye rich, whilst your tablep arc spread, Think of tho wretched ones. Poverty's btrlckcn sons, Weeping whilst children are asking for bread. ''Ink out, ye merry bellsl ring till your music swells Out o'er tho mountain, and far on the main; 'ting till those cheerless ones catch up your merry tones, inglng, "Come, Christmas, again and ng-iln." -Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly. |