Oh! tidings of comfort and joy,
Comfort and joy,
Oh! tidings of comfort and joy!
A BLESSING
ABBIE FARWELL BROWN
Now may the Holy Christ Child
Who came on Christmas Day,
The gentle Friend and Brother
Who smiles upon your play,
Bless all the little children
However far away.
FOOTNOTES:
[1] By permission. From The Hollow Tree and Deep Woods Book, by Albert Bigelow Paine. Copyright, 1900, by Harper Brothers.
[2] From the Kindergarten Review, 1908. By permission of the author.
[3] From Some Great Stories and How to Tell Them, published by Newson & Company, New York.
[4] From Mother Stories. By permission of the publishers, Milton Bradley Company.
[5] By courtesy of the author.