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Christmas Morning |
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Title: Christmas Morning Author: Elizabeth Madox Roberts [More Titles by Roberts] If Bethlehem were here today, I'd run out through the garden gate, I'd move the heavy iron chain The pigeons and the yellow hens If this were very long ago And Mother held my hand and smiled-- His shut-up eyes would be asleep, I'd watch his breath go in and out. And she would smile and say, "Take care," While Mary put the blankets back [The end] GO TO TOP OF SCREEN |