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1849–1916

CHRISTMAS GREETING

James Whitcomb Riley

A word of Godspeed and good cheer To all on earth, or far or near, Or friend or foe, or thine or mine — In echo of the voice divine,

Heard when the star bloomed forth and lit The world's face, with God's smile on it.

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