For God’s own messengers to bring.
His work in a lighter vein is fairly represented by the following:
THE SAME DEAR HAND.
The bells ring out a happy sound,
The earth is mantled o’er with white,
It is the merry Christmas night,
And love and mirth and joy abound.
And here sit you and here sit I;
I should be happiest in the land,
For, oh, I hold the same dear hand