Christmas Ghosts.
Yjj} ETWEEN the moonlight and the fire ■ [ji\\ In winter evenings long ago, .-^^* What ghosts I raised at your desire, To make your leaping blood run slow ! How old, how grave, how wise we grow ! "What Christian ghost can make us chill, Save these that troop in mournful row, The ghosts we all can raise at will ? The beast can talk in barn and byre On Christmas Eve, old legends know, As one by one the years retire, We men fall silent then, I trow. Such sights has memory to show, Such voices from the distance thrill, Ah, me ! they come with Christmas snow, The ghosts we all can raise at will. Oh ! children of the village choir ! Tour carols on the midnight throw ! Oh, bright across the mist and mire, Ye ruddy hearths of Christmas glow ! Beat back the shades, beat down the woe, Renew the stx-ength of moral will ! Be welcome all to come or go, The ghosts we all can raise at will. Friend, mirsum cot-da, soon or slow We part like guests who've 'joyed their fill, Forget them not, nor mourn them so, The ghosts we all can raise at will.
— Andrew Lang,
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Observer, 21 December 1893, Page 12
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199Christmas Ghosts. Observer, 21 December 1893, Page 12
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