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Rh In gay gown, and cap, No, no! Will not start On a long wintry nap! For, out on that lawn A group of girls stand; A group singing carols With part of our Band. And that moon, in full vigor, Was lustrous; and lo! Our Lady is singing! Aha, now I know That Nancy and Kathlyn And Julius and Bill And also His Honor, Will sing with a will! And Old Doctor Wilkins Amidst it all stands; Smiling and nodding, And rubbing his hands; And, sliding out, slyly; Calls back at that sight:— “Happy Christmas to all; And to all a Good Night!”

Along about midnight a happy group sat around Gadsby’s parlor lamp, as Dr. Wilkins was saying;—