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Christmas Wishes.

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A CAROL.     Oh, happy Christmas, full of blessings, come!     Now bid our discords cease;     Here give the weary ease;     Let the long-parted meet again in peace;     Bring back the far-away;     Grant us a holiday;     And by the hopes of Christmas-tide we pray--     Let love restore the fallen to his Home;     Whilst up and down the snowy streets the Christmas minstrels sing;     And through the frost from countless towers the bells of     Christmas ring.     Ah, Christ! and yet a happier day shall come!     Then bid our discords cease;     There give the weary ease;     Let the long-parted meet again in peace;     Bring back the far-away;     Grant us a holiday;     And by the hopes of Christmas-tide we pray--     Let love restore the fallen to his Home;     Whilst up and down the golden streets the blessed angels sing,     And evermore the heavenly chimes in heavenly cadence ring.

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