Children of Christmas, and Others

Children of Christmas Edith M. Thomas
BY EDITH M. THOMAS Author of “The Dancers and Other Legends and Lyrics” “Cassia and Other Verse”
BOSTON RICHARD G. BADGER The Gorham Press 1907
Copyright, 1907, by Edith M. Thomas All Rights Reserved
The Gorham Press, Boston
I CHILDREN OF CHRISTMAS
Happy thou, a winter comer,
Happier with the snows around thee
Than if rosy-fingered summer
In thy cradle-nest had crowned thee.
Tender is the night, and holy:
Little clouds, like cherub faces,