A CHRISTMAS CAROI.

Press, Volume LXX, Issue 21355, 24 December 1934, Page 9 (Supplement)

A CHRISTMAS CAROI.

Good King Wencesias

Good King Wen-ces-las look'd out On the feast of Stc-phen. When the snow lay round a-bout. Deep and crisp and e-ven

Brightly shone the moon that night. Though the frost was cru-el.

When a poor man came in sight, Ga-lh'ring win-ter fu---el.

"Hither, page, and stand by me. If thou know'st. it, telling. Yonder peasant, who is he'.' Where and what his dwelling? "Sire, he lives a good league hence Underneath the mountain: Right against the forest fence, By Saint Agnes' fountain." "Bring me flesh and bring me wine. Bring me pine logs hither: Thou and 1 will see him dine When we bear them thither." Page and monarch forth they went, Forth thev went together; Through the rude wind's wild lament. And the bitter weather. Note: The music is repeated for verse; each syllable is sun

"Sire, the night is darker now. And the wind blows stronger; Fails my heart. I know not how, i can go no longer." "Mark my footsteps, good my page. Tread thou m them boldly: Thou shall find the winter's rage Freeze thy blood less coldly." In his Master's steps he trod, Where the snow lay dinted: Heat was in the very sod Which the saint had printed. Therefore, Christian men. be sure, Wealth or rank possessing. Ye who now will bless the poor. Shall yourselves find blessing, the third and fourth tines of each to a separate note.