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UNDER THE HOLLY BOUGH. |
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UNDER THE HOLLY BOUGH.
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Ye who have scorn'd each other,Or injured friend or brother,
In this fast-fading year;
Ye who, by word or deed,
Have made a kind heart bleed,
Come gather here.
Let sinn'd against and sinning
Forget their strife's beginning,
And join in friendship now;
Be links no longer broken;
Be sweet forgiveness spoken
Under the Holly Bough.
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Ye who have loved each other,Sister and friend and brother,
In this fast-fading year;
Mother and sire and child,
Young man and maiden mild,
Come gather here;
And let your hearts grow fonder,
As Memory shall ponder
Each past unbroken vow;
Old loves and younger wooing
Are sweet in the renewing,
Under the Holly Bough.
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Ye who have nourish'd sadness,Estranged from hope and gladness,
In this fast-fading year;
Ye with o'erburden'd mind,
Made aliens from your kind,
Come gather here.
Let not the useless sorrow
Pursue you night and morrow:
If e'er you hoped, hope now;
Take heart,—uncloud your faces,
And join in our embraces
Under the Holly Bough.
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