Oh, happy Christmas, full of blessings, come! Now bid our discords cease; Here give the weary ease; Let the long-parted meet again in peace; Bring back the far-away; Grant us a holiday; And by the hopes of Christmas-tide we pray-- Let love restore the fallen to his Home; Whilst up and down the snowy streets the Christmas minstrels sing; And through the frost from countless towers the bells of Christmas ring. Ah, Christ! and yet a happier day shall come! Then bid our discords cease; There give the weary ease; Let the long-parted meet again in peace; Bring back the far-away; Grant us a holiday; And by the hopes of Christmas-tide we pray-- Let love restore the fallen to his Home; Whilst up and down the golden streets the blessed angels sing, And evermore the heavenly chimes in heavenly cadence ring. TEACH ME. _Translated from the Danish of Oehlenschläger._ Teach me, O wood, to fade away, As autumn's yellow leaves decay A better spring impends,-- Then green and glorious shall my tree Take deep root in eternity,-- Whose summer never ends! Teach me, O bird of passage, this, To seek, in faith a better bliss On other unknown shores! When all is winter here and ice, There ever-smiling Paradise Unfolds its happy doors. Teach me, thou summer butterfly, To break the bonds which on me lie. With fetters all too firm. Ah, soon on golden purple wing The liberated soul shall spring, Which now creeps as a worm! Teach me, O Lord, to yonder skies To lift in hope these weary eyes With earthly sorrows worn. Good Friday was a bitter day, But bright the sun's eternal ray Which broke on Easter morn. THE END. _Richard Clay & Sons, Limited, London & Bungay._ _The present Series of Mrs. Ewing's Works is the only authorized, complete, and uniform Edition published._ _It will consist of 18 volumes, Small Crown 8vo, at 2s. 6d. per vol., issued, as far as possible, in chronological order, and these will appear at the rate of two volumes every two months, so that the Series will be completed within 18 months. The device of the cover was specially designed by a Friend of Mrs. Ewing._ _The following is a list of the books included in the Series_-- 1. MELCHIOR'S DREAM, AND OTHER TALES. 2. MRS. OVERTHEWAY'S REMEMBRANCES. 3. OLD-FASHIONED FAIRY TALES. 4. A FLAT IRON FOR A FARTHING. 5. THE BROWNIES, AND OTHER TALES. 6. SIX TO SIXTEEN. 7. LOB LIE-BY-THE-FIRE, AND OTHER TALES. 8. JAN OF THE WINDMILL. 9. VERSES FOR CHILDREN, AND SONGS. 10. THE PEACE EGG--A CHRISTMAS MUMMING PLAY--HINTS FOR PRIVATE THEATRICALS, &c. 11. A GREAT EMERGENCY, AND OTHER TALES.