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The Christmas Spirit
I
am the Christmas spirit!
I
enter the home of poverty, causing palefaced children to open their eyes wide,
in pleased wonder.
I
cause the miser's clutched hand to relax, and thus paint a bright spot on his
soul.
I
cause the aged to renew their youth and to laugh in the old, glad way.
I
keep romance alive in the heart of childhood, and brighten sleep with dreams
woven of magic.
I
cause eager feet to climb dark stairways with filled baskets, leaving behind
hearts amazed at the goodness of the world.
I
cause the prodigal to pause a moment on his wild, wasteful way, and to send to
anxious love some little token that releases glad tears - tears which wash away
the hard lines of sorrow.
I
enter dark prison cells, reminding scarred manhood of what might have been, and
pointing forward to good days yet to be.
I
come softly into the still, white home of pain, and lips that are too weak to
speak just tremble in silent, eloquent gratitude.
In
a thousand ways I cause the weary world to look up into the face of God, and
for a little moment forget the things that are small and wretched.
I
am the Christmas spirit!
Found in "Leaves of Gold"
Costlett Publishing Company, Pennsylvania, 1948
Costlett Publishing Company, Pennsylvania, 1948
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