The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-12-30
ROtk
And How the Christmn. Came 60 Him.
BON nc C.fgr.

III tell you how the Christina, came
r. Rockct-no. YOU never nv him,
That D. Won never Knew hi~ name
Although 'n- possible Nouso bet him
Display his skll upon N"ur sho :,
huOt'u.A Arab. II you choose.
Has inspiration dropped TO zero
When such material nascs herot
And who was Rocket well. an urehn.
Aeamin. dirty torn. and httered
whos, chieie.t pleasure was TO perch In
Tue Bowery salrr, ther 1t inaiscrsd
But little what uie pay i"ightee-
broad iarcc or puiutlacc eum,ly-
He nictcd put hi. lust applause
By ri-d, liked aud proper laws
father once he had no doubt.
4 muthrr on the i-inui -tayins
Which let him ires 10 Xmas about
Aud gfaiiN taste tor straNlus
Through crowded streets Twas there he found
Compnnlonsnip ami gre" renowned
A-go,ri nj lea.t ~ Nose = rushcs-
AMI Tor hi- dallN meat and tread.
lie earned them " "a his box and brushes
An Arab of the oitv'. Sums
W4W .vadf tongue aul 'muty rotset
luhle lcit ~ ,i-.c h, suns ,,.,,
II.
Twas Christmas eve and all the lay
The SNOW hau iaign nue and fA,t,
In bank. and iiiied hcaysif iaN
A'on- the streets picrcn- niast
And now the stars loN kcl soldls down
Upon the sno" enshroud,d to~n
A.. wcuilslfchri.'mas brings
Good ~in aud l,scr which po"t ings
How fuii arc 900 lNc sflcrt. foui-h'
va htpp' faces flushed ami hrishti
The nttrun 900 her silk- and iur-.
Tie luupuu- htuktr. Cat ami seek,
Oh, n,rchau' trin ihc .hu-chman meek.
for-vuul now ~ hate amt spite
for all tie world Is glad tu-mightl
Al fid say Ali. no. uotau
fur SORROW throws 900 .ilnlt It, pall:
Aud herc. within the broad mir cttv.
IN Nhrishnas Inr nu ifaufN nlngs
il"~ WHO NN Al ii fi"i iit iiit.
ln'Hn,. WAn sh,u,h nat the .a.-s
o. WrciD htducss ami want a. a wee.
Mhpncvcr io,c's srcat bulni, know,
Mho'r fri'i no kindly hands as,uasr,
Whose Wf.ety mock uuf Chrl.i.anF-c.
PRAY AK Yourself what means 10 fi.cn
That Christ Is born IA bcInieheml
Bat Rocks On this Christmas
YOU might have -ttu him standing where
The ciiv's streets So intorwesve
li..y form thas somewhat famous square
Cal rrunns House Iii face was bright.
Ana al tins gaia fesuv. season
Nnu could not mud a heart more light
y tell Nou ma word the reason
BY dlnt OF y iu"ni tOii ~ shining
futrlt ian shoes and Wall street. Ooots
lie had, WITHIN his iackers lining,
dollar aud hal--the fruits
or pinching. saving. and a trial
OF really Spartan self denial
That dollar and a half ~asmore
Than Rocket ever owned before
prtncelv fortune. 50 he thought.
And with those boarded dime. and nickels
dollar and a halt II ne kles
The boy u say II over. nuslug
Upon the moneys pruper using;
uith Cranberry s,1,r. ana am. n,ca
And m. nine. nj. Tho very hest N'
All ,,,Itiin'-sss /. ,t,,i,'ts sl,cst
AMI m, n tn douvI,uuts how I fr,cze
WIN conee-gusss that cre's the cheese
III, seven ,iohiins ot nundec,
II M. wore On rist,nas AMI :, hns,or
In lei Yer rip nv sundav dt,sterl
s,poos., ,,,.od t,,..i., .io,.
cp,',N5, IL ,, ., ~, , s,""s h,.
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Nt,.n tu., ~. h, MN. a., Gene, a, ii.rl
H. i 49, 49, ~, $40 ,,, W., a "'N@'"
- W -" ,'l'''' :" 'ii's'iaf,
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'N' ""'' wv WV '"' W. '.' '""''Y
In the str'cthghts MAUI ami No kcring glare
lie caught glimpse Of the pale, pinched face
soEhunt ana wasted, vet STRANGELY mir
WIN lihs,t'ilt ,ougn oi Inl'nhn9u -frace
M ',.'r lev, i'','l - ~ q r, IL r. va ~.
nit ~. ~ SUNNI = "l,'' "-l'' 'N'le hNNs
ihN,, ol hhSi'H' hulul'"h "ull'
@, ia nus ",n a. IN yea sue wa young,
~. 1891 ~ NJ lHV.. VIZ OIL, lul VIC '!'t-
iiif hlE, hih'. s"li '"ui' hungry eyes
lh"i were uN'h w desperate lrthWneu STARE
The rich' The great Inc s1.si AMI Tie wis.
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mi. ss,''r ~, ,,.,ar ~ maj, va a. ~ ,a''
w. To- ,,Vd .,,r, ~, n ~, ' ~. ~ ~. aiu
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." Wv ""Ne'' " "'' va ''i's'"'as u"S
with artlcs Sc nathos and .itnnle sneech
She stands and tells him her uitiml tale.