. The Bookshelf for boys and girls Children's Book of Fact and Fancy . What afterward befell it would take me long to tell:It once became a fairy wood, where elves and dryads dwell;And once a prancing, coal-black steed, With a noble knight astride;And once a dark and gloomy caveWhere bears and lions But when, one day, there wandered by a wk ragged, shivring boy, €$£•$ He saw the little Christmas tree and - dragged it home with joy. A merry blaze he kindled, With its welcome warmth and shine,And the cold bare room was fragrantWith the odor of the pine.

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