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BETHLEHEM TOWN As I was going to Bethlehem town, Upon the earth I cast me down All underneath a little tree That whispered in this wise to me: "Oh, I shall stand on Calvary And bear what burthen saveth thee!" BY BETTY B AS I WAS GOING TO BETHLEHEM TOWN UPON THE EARTH I CAST ME DOWN ALL UNDERNEATH A LITTLE TREE THAT WHISPERED IN THIS WISE TO ME O I SHALL STAND ON CALVARY AND BEAR WHAT BURTHEN SAVETH THEE
ss, her life shall be longer in that garden that bloometh far away. About me are scattered the toys she loved, and the doll Beautiful hath come down all-battered and grim,--yet, oh! so very precious to me, from those distant years; yonder fareth the Queen of Sheba in her service as handmaiden unto me and mine,--gaunt and doleful-eyed, yet stanch and sturdy as of old. The garden lieth under the Christmas snow,--the garden where ghosts of trees wave their arms and moan over the graves of flowers; the once gracious arbor is crippled now with the infirmities of age, the Siege of Restfulness fast sinketh into decay, and long, oh! long ago did that bird Joyous carol forth his last sweet song in the garden that was once so passing fair. And amid it all,--this heartache and the loneliness which the years have brought,--cometh my Christmas gift to-day: the solace of a vision of that country whither she--our little Mistress Merciless--hath gone; a glimpse of that far-off land of Ever-Plaisance.   BETHLEHEM TOWN BY EUGENE FIELD READ FOR LIEBERVOXTAD ORG 
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