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    234 CHBISTMAS.

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    XLIL—CHRISTMAS.

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    Old friend, old Christmas ! be welcome s...

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    offer g of an honourable distinction . , g y Alongside Such is the purpose the e of ffor this ts of examination the College -scheme of P . recetors to

    improve the social status of the teacher , I have great hopes p that

    o it f may our middle help to -class remed education y the presen . t very unsatisfactory condition

    J . P . _Norris .

    234 Chbistmas.

    234 CHBISTMAS .

    Xlil—Christmas.

    XLIL—CHRISTMAS .

    Old Friend, Old Christmas ! Be Welcome S...

    Old friend , old Christmas ! be welcome still ! Striding along over frosted hill ;

    Cracking and snapping beneath your feet , The crisped branch , and the thin ice-sheet .

    Old friendold Christmas ! your magic wand Summons , before me memories fond ,

    Dreamily distant , yet strangely near ! Lovely and sad , like a leaf that ' s sere :

    Brings the hallowed eve with its mystery ! Its songsand its olden history ,

    With its chaunted , carol , quaint and wild , About our Lord—the Heavenly child :

    , Brings back the genial merriment ,

    When with inwoven leaves I went Hanging my garlands liere and there ,

    About the mirrors and pictures fair ! Thenby the great fire high up-blazing ,

    The song , , the game , the tale amazing ! Grhost and goblin , giant and fairy ,

    Glided and grinned in . my visions airy .

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  • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Dec. 1, 1863, page 234, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01121863/page/18/