The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1872-01-16
The Fairies of Christmas.



Written for, aud spoken by Miss Julia White, at
the Christmas rrco gathering on the evening OF
December 2jth, 1871, at Leicester
iiarkl what silvery music floats,
Up from the evergreen shadows
Rising and swelling in choral notes,
over the suowy-wrcathed meadows
Wave upon wave rolls tho music tide.
Clear as the bells of the morning.
Gaily it echoes from side to side,
Beautiful Christmas warning.
Sweetly and clearly floating along,
And this Is the chorus of the song,
"From the land and the sea-
Bring gifts unto thee,
To deck your beautiful Christmas tree.
I lookcd and there where the pine tree
sighs
Among the snow-crystsl4 glowing
A beautiful vision met my eyes
With hair like a mantle down flowing.
The sheen of her robe was dazzlingly bright,
And ost-fowers about her were gleain.
ing
Spell.bound gazed at the beautiful sight,
And [ said at must be I'm dreaming
Then heard, again, the notes prolong,
And this was the chorus of the song,
"From the land and the sea,
Bring gifts unto thee,
To deck your beautiful Christmas tree"
Then the bright little elf gave a buge call,
Summoning each little fairy;
Saying to them, "therc is work for all,
Come, we must no longer tarry.
Under the stars and the bright moon light.
Out irr the clear frosty weather,
Gifts for the old and the young tonight,
We little fairies must gather.
And gsily we'll sing as we pass along.
Swelling the chorus of our song
"From the land and the sea,
Bring gifts unto thee,
70 deck your beautiful Christmas tfoe."
''But FIRST" said the beautiful fairy queen
Addressing each little maiden
"We'll shake the snow from this evergreen,
You see it is heavily laden"
Then into the tree they sprang with bound
Not needing the cold wintry weather;
And they showered the snow flakes over the
ground,
As light as the down of feather.
Aud they sang, ns they shook. so beautiful and
long,
This was the chorus oftheir song
From the land and the sea,
Bring gifts unto thee,
f, deck your beautiful Christmas tree.
Hardly their light hearted labor was done.
And the snow from their plumes they were
shaking,
When over the hills peeped the glorious sun
Beautiful images making.
Then came some boys laughing loudly viii
glee,
And straight to the evergreen shadows.
They came, and cut down that beautiful hte
And bore it across the white meadow.
And the fairies looked on as they narchec
along,
Softly repeating their Christmas song
From the land and the sea
Bring gifts unto thee,
To deck your beautiful Christmas tree
Then over the dazzling frozen snow,
As light leaf, and Us airy,
With gifts in their hands and their face. 4
glow,
Tripped daintly, each little fairy,
For they said they would like very much L
see,
So long ms nothing could hinder,
What would become OF that evergreen tree
And, really, it was not much wonder.
And they tossed the snow flakes as they trip
ped along.
Singing their beautiful Christmas song;
"From the land and the sea,
Bring gifts unto thee,
70 deck your beautiful Christmas tree.
Soon they arrived at a fne-looking house,
Which the fairy queen said was temple
All within was as still as mouse;
No sign there cf riest or of people.
But soon in the altar was planted the tree
Whose top tapered up like steeplc,
And the gay little faries laughed loudl.
with glec,
As they trimmed it with gifts ior the peo
pie.
And they gang at their work sweet sn'
long,
This beautiful chorus of their song.
From the land and the sea,
Bring gifts unto thee,
70 deck your beautiful Christmas tree.