[JANUARY]
Wintry day! frosty day!
God a cloak on all doth lay;
On the earth the snow he sheddeth,
O'er the lamb a fleece he spreadeth,
Gives the bird a coat of feather
To protect it from the weather.
—Selected.
[FEBRUARY]
In the snowing and the blowing,
In the cold and cruel sleet,
Little flowers begin their growing,
Underneath your feet.
—Mary Mapes Dodge.
[CHRISTMAS EVERYWHERE]
Everywhere, everywhere, Christmas to-night!
Christmas in lands of the fir-tree and pine.
Christmas in lands of the palm-tree and vine.
Christmas where snow peaks stand solemn and white.
Christmas where cornfields lie sunny and bright!
Christmas where children are hopeful and gay,
Christmas where old men are patient and gray,
Christmas where peace, like a dove in his flight,
Broods o'er brave men in the thick of the fight,
Everywhere, everywhere, Christmas to-night.