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POEMS,

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BY

THOMAS HALL SHASTID,

AUTHOR OF

Newspaper Ballads.”

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PITTSFIELD, ILLINOIS:
THE AUTHOR.
1881.

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Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1881, by

THOMAS HALL SHASTID,

In the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.



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Printed and Bound by
H. E. Hanna, Book Printer,
Pittsfield, Illinois.

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Table of Contents

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PREFACE.

To my many friends who have been so lenient in their criticisms of myformer work, and to the several editors and literary men who have givenme so much encouragement, I wish to return my sincere thanks.

All the request I have to make, is, that I hope my efforts this timewill receive no more condemnation than my other.

I take pleasure in launching my little volume upon the wide sea ofliterature. The author is fourteen years of age, but many of the poemswere written at a much earlier age.

Yours, most respectfully,
THOMAS HALL SHASTID.

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POEMS.


CHRISTMAS NIGHT.

Be peace on earth, good will to men;
And let this now our carol be:
If on the land, or on the sea,
We still will sing the glad refrain;
And in the closing light of day
Good words of peace and cheer will say.
The Babe that in the manger born
Has risen high above the star,
To judge in peace, or judge in war,
To judge at night or judge at morn.
The star that told us of his birth
Has given us joy and lasting mirth.
The Man that suffered on the tree
Is risen high above all men;
Then swell the glad refrain again—
He died for me, He died for thee:
Then peace be ever on the earth
To one and all of human birth.
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