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For little children everywhere
A joyous season still we make;
We bring our precious gifts to them,
Even for the dear child Jesus’ sake.

— Phoebe Cary Attributed Forty Thousand Quotations (1917)

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And though hard be the task,
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Father, perfect my trust;
Let my spirit feel in death,
That her feet are firmly set
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