Under the Evergreens, Or, a Night with St. Nicholas |
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Under the Evergreens, Or, a Night with St Nicholas George C. (George Claude) Lorimer No preview available - 2012 |
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Page 164 - GENTLE Jesus, meek and mild, Look upon a little child, Pity my simplicity, Suffer me to come to thee.
Page 144 - Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath : for it is written, Vengeance is mine ; I will repay, saith the Lord. Therefore, if thine enemy hunger, feed him ; if he thirst, give him drink : for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head.
Page 61 - Gave the lustre of mid-day to objects below; When, what to my wondering eyes should appear, But a miniature sleigh and eight tiny reindeer, With a little old driver, so lively and quick, I knew in a moment it must be St. Nick. More rapid than eagles his coursers they came, And he whistled, and shouted, and called them by name: "Now Dasher! now, Dancer! now, Prancer! and Vixen!
Page 174 - There is a way* of winning more by love, And urging of the modesty, than fear: Force works on servile natures, not the free. He that's compelled to goodness, may be good, But 'tis but for that fit; where others, drawn By softness and example, get a habit.
Page 165 - Oh ! supply my every want, Feed the young and tender plant ; Day and night my keeper be, Every moment watch round me.
Page 147 - ... inasmuch as ye did it not to the least of these, my brethren, ye did it not to me.
Page 61 - Away to the window I flew like a flash, Tore open the shutters and threw up the sash. The moon on the breast of the new-fallen snow Gave the lustre of mid-day to objects below...
Page 9 - And even the dogs, with a bark and a bound. Snap at the crystals that eddy around. The town is alive, and its heart in a glow, To welcome the coming of beautiful snow ! How the wild crowd goes swaying along.
Page 147 - I was a stranger, and ye took Me not in ; I was naked, and ye clothed Me not ; I was sick and in prison, and ye visited Me not ; and these shall go away into eternal punishment.
Page 114 - MERRY Christmas to you all !' Is passing now from mouth to mouth. From east to west, from north to south, From lowly cot and stately hall.