DICKENS RETURNS ON CHRISTMAS DAY.
“ Dickens is dead! ” Beneath that grievous cry London seemed shivering in the sum mer heat; Strangers took up the tale like friends that meet: “ Dickens is dead! ” said they and hurried by; Street children stopped their games—they knew not why, But some new night seemed darkening down the street. A girl in rags, staying her way-worn feet, Cried “ Dickens dead? Will Father Christmas die?” City he loved, take courage on the way! He loves thee still, in all thy joys and fears. Though he whose smile made bright thine eyes of grey— Though he whose voice, uttering thy burthened years, Made laughter bubble through thy sea of tears — Is gone, Dickens returns on Christmas Day! Theodore Watts-Dunton in the “ Athenaeum ” (1870!.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 18641, 19 December 1928, Page 4
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