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"Well, is that all?" asked the old clock. "No," said the moonbeam; "but I am nearly done. The years went on. Sometimes I tossed upon the ocean's bosom, sometimes I scampered o'er a battle field, sometimes I lay upon a dead child's face. I heard the voices of Darkness and mothers' lullabies and sick men's prayers  and so the years went on. WELL IS THAT ALL ASKED THE OLD CLOCK NO SAID THE MOONBEAM BUT I AM NEARLY DONE THE YEARS WENT ON SOMETIMES I TOSSED UPON THE OCEAN'S BOSOM SOMETIMES I SCAMPERED OVER A BATTLEFFIELD SOMETIMES I LAY UPON A DEAD CHILD'S FACE I HEARD THE VOICES OF DARKNESS AND MOTHERS LULLABIES AND SICK MEN'S PRAYERS AND SO THE YEARS WENT ON
d angels, singing joyous songs, walked to the earth. More wondrous still, the stars, falling from their places in the sky, clustered upon the old olive-tree, and swung hither and thither like colored lanterns. The flowers of the hill-side all awakened, and they, too, danced and sang. The angels, coming hither, hung gold and silver and jewels and precious stones upon the old olive, where swung the stars; so that the glory of that sight, though I might live forever, I shall never see again. When Dimas heard and saw these things he fell upon his knees, and catching the hem of the little Master's garment, he kissed it. "'Greater joy than this shall be thine, Dimas,' said the little Master; 'but first must all things be fulfilled.' "All through that Christmas night did the angels come and go with their sweet anthems; all through that Christmas night did the stars dance and sing; and when it came my time to steal away, the hill-side was still beautiful with the glory and the music of heaven. PON ALL THAT HILLSIDE THE HEAVENS OPENED AND ANGELS SINGING JOYOUS SONGS WALKED TO THE EARTH MORE WONDROUS STILL THE STARS FALLING FROM THEIR PLACES IN THE SKY CLUSTERED UPON THE OLD OLIVE TREE AND SWUNG HITHER AND THITHER LIKE COLORED LANTERNS THE FLOWERS OF THE HILLSIDE ALL AWAKENED AND THEY TOO DANCED AND SANG THE ANGELS COMING HITHER HUNG GOLD AND SILVER AND JEWELS AND PRECIOUS STONES UPON THE OLD OLIVE WHERE SWUNG THE STARS SO THAT THE GLORY OF THAT SIGHT THOUGH I MIGHT LIVE FOR EVER I SHALL NEVER SEE AGAIN WHEN DAMAS HEARD AND SAW THESE THINGS HE FELL UPON HIS KNEES AND CATCHING THE HEM OF THE LITTLE MASTER'S GARMENT HE KISSED IT GREATER JOY THAN THIS BE THINE DAMAS SAID THE LITTLE MASTER BUT FIRST MUST ALL THINGS BE FULFILLED ALL THROUGH THAT CHRISTMAS NIGHT DID THE ANGELS COME AND GO WITH THEIR SWEET ANTHEMS ALL THROUGH THAT CHRISTMAS NIGHT DID THE STARS DANCE AND SING AND WHEN IT CAME MY TIME TO STEAL AWAY THE HILLSIDE WAS STILL BEAUTIFUL WITH THE GLORY AND THE MUSIC OF HEAVEN
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