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The Christmas Carol · Ririro.com - Poetry

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  Speaker 1: The Christmas Carol. The minstrels played their Christmas Tune to
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  Speaker 1: night beneath my cottage eaves, while smitten by a lofty moon.
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  Speaker 1: The encircling laurels, thick with leaves, gave back a rich
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  Speaker 1: and dazzling sheen that overpowered their natural green. Through hill
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  Speaker 1: and valley, every breeze had sunk to rest with folded wings.
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  Speaker 1: Keen was the air, but could not freeze nor check
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  Speaker 1: the music of the strings. So stout and hearty were
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  Speaker 1: the band that scraped the chords with strenuous hand, and
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  Speaker 1: who but listened till was paid. Respect to every inmate's claim.
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  Speaker 1: The greeting given the music played mills honor of each
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  Speaker 1: household name duly pronounced with lusty call and Merry Christmas
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  Speaker 1: wished to all. How touching when at midnight sweep snow,
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  Speaker 1: muffled winds and all is dark, bending a sink again
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  Speaker 1: to sleep, or at an earlier call to mark breaks
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  Speaker 1: by blazing fire. The still suspense of self complacent innocence,
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  Speaker 1: the mutual nod, the grave disguise of hearts with gladness
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  Speaker 1: brimming ore, and some unbidden tears that rise for names
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  Speaker 1: once heard and heard no more tears, brightened by the
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  Speaker 1: serenade for Infant in the cradle, laid hail ancient manners,
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  Speaker 1: sure defense where they survive, of wholesome laws, remnants of
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  Speaker 1: love whose modest sense, thus into narrow room with draws
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  Speaker 1: hail usages of pristine mold and ye that guard them,
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  Speaker 1: Mountains old