Christmas-Eve, Another Ceremony
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Come guard this night the Christmas-Pie,
That the thief, though ne'er so sly,
With his flesh-hooks, don't come nigh
To catch it
From him, who all alone sits there,
Having his eyes still in his ear,
And a deal of nightly fear
To watch it.
This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.
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