WHILE young Christmas, long ago,
Tossed about his balls of snow,
Skated on the frozen mere,
Closely wrapped in wintry gear,
Or in firelight’s ruddy glow
Danced beneath the mistletoe
Midsummer, a blooming maid,
Sat beneath the hazel shade,
Weaving garlands, making posies
Of the lilies and the roses;
Plucked the poppies from the corn
Or danced at sunset on the lawn.
Neither shared the other’s joy,
He was cold, and she was coy;
Neither knew the other’s heart.
Fate had kept them far apart.
Then a wise enchantress came –
Austral Almanac her name –
“Ah!” she cried, “this must not be,”
“Fate must yield to my decree;”
“Love the barrier would remove,”
“And I will take the part of Love!”
She waved her wand, and while the sign
Of Argo crossed the mystic line
That equalises night and day,
Muttered her cabalistic lay,
Till Christmas, yielding to the spell,
At Summer’s feet rejoicing fell,
O’er him a flowery wreath she cast,
In twining tendrils bound him fast,
And here upon our sunny shore,
The twain have met to part no more.
(Emily Mary Barton)
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