(Hark to the nougat bells!)
III
“But it snaps in the fire and the whole branch glows—
Breaks into blossoms of white and rose!
His wife and his children laugh to see
Those blossoms of fire from the almond tree—
And the smoke how sweet it smells!”
(Hark to the nougat bells!)
Edith M. Thomas
[2] The Christmas chimes, so called from the confection of that season.