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144 Red and yellow, streaked and hoary,
 * Pile them on the granary floors,

Till the yule-log's flame in glory
 * Loudly up the chimney roars;

Till gay troops of children, lightly
 * Tripping in with shouts of glee,

See ripe apples dangling brightly
 * On the red-lit Christmas-tree.