Tuesday, 24 December 2024

Hearts Must Childlike Be



~  Christmas Greetings  ~
[From a Fairy to a Child]


Lady dear, if Fairies may
For a moment lay aside
Cunning tricks and elfish play,
'Tis at happy Christmas-tide.

We have heard the children say ~
Gentle children, whom we love ~
Long ago, on Christmas Day,
Came a message from above.

Still, as Christmas-tide comes round,
They remember it again ~
Echo still the joyful sound
“Peace on earth, good-will to men!

Yet the hearts must childlike be
Where such heavenly guests abide;
Unto children, in their glee,
All the year is Christmas-tide.

Thus, forgetting tricks and play
For a moment, Lady dear,
We would wish you, if we may,
Merry Christmas, glad new year!

~ Lewis Carroll
(Christmas, 1867)










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