Ah, happy he who owns that tenderest joy,
The heart-love of a child!
Ah, happy he who owns that tenderest joy,
The heart-love of a child!
Christmas Greeting from a Fairy to a Child Lady, dear, if Fairies may For a moment lay aside Cunning tricks and elfish play, 'Tis at happy Christmas-tide. We have heard the children say Gentle children' whom we love Long ago on Christmas Day, Came a message from above. Still, as Christmas-tide comes round, They remember it again Echo still the joyful sound 'Peace on earth, good-will to men' Yet the hearts must childlike be Where such heavenly guests abide Unto children, in their glee, All the year is Christmas-tide Thus, forgetting tricks and play For a moment, Lady dear, We would wish you, if we may, Merry Christmas, glad New Year.
While the laughter of joy is in full harmony with our deeper life, the laughter of amusement should be kept apart from it. The danger is too great of thus learning to look at solemn things in a spirit of mockery, and to seek in them opportunities for exercising wit.
© 2020 Inspirational Stories
© 2020 Inspirational Stories