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Excerpt from The Fire on the Hearth in Sleepy Hollow: A Christmas Poem of the Olden Time
When evening came of wintry day We turned from labor or from mirth, With feet half frozen on our way, Crunching the snow upon the earth, Bound homeward through the biting air; _when first in sight of home we came, Oh, how the brightening, crimson glare Of glowing coals and Sparkling flame Came rushing with bright smiles to meet us Came stretching forth warm hands to greet us, Far through the evening's dusky shadows, Now leaping over frozen meadows, Climbing the hills with ruddy faces, To give and to receive embraces, To bid us welcome home again I So in Chaldea bright stars of even Came down of old from seats in heaven To whisper in the ears of men The secrets of the worlds of light. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
