The Mahogany Tree.
Christmas is here: ■ . , •Winds'whistle'shrill, . < Icy and chill, , Little care we; Little we fear ■■•■■■'• ... ' Weather without, : Sheltered about The mahogany-tree. ' Onoe on the boughs : Birds of rare plume ■Sang, in its bloom; Night-birds-are swe; t Here we carouse, Singing, like them, - , ■■' Perched round the stem . .. Of the jolly old tree, • . Here let ub sport, Boys, as we sit,— v Laughter and wit Flashing so free. ' Life is but short,—l When, we'are gone, Let them sing on, Round the old tree.; Evening* we knew 4 Happy as this; «... Faces'we miss, Pleasant to see. Kind hearts and true, Gentle and just, Peace to your dust! We sing round the tree. Care, like a dun, , Lurks at the 'gate;' Let the dog wait;' . Happy we'll be! ' Drink, every one; , Pile up the coals: Fill the red bowls, . , Round the old tree! Drain we the cup.—; friend, art afraid?. , pirits are laid »■ In the Red Sea fi » Mantle it up; Empty it yet; Let us forget, . - Round the old tree! . Sorrows, begone! Life a-nd its ilia, . : Duns and their bills, Bid we to flee,., Come with the Hawn,-Blue-devil sprite; Leave us to-night, Round the old tree! »—William Makepeace Thackeray.
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Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 150, 22 December 1922, Page 13
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197The Mahogany Tree. Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 150, 22 December 1922, Page 13
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