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IN A CHRISTMAS LETTER.
Sarah O. Jewett.
We are so close together
Though you are far away,
God bless my darling and keep her safe,
I whisper when I pray;
Dear friend, we are each others now,
And it is Christmas day.The sun will shine in your face and mine,
And the wind will bring me word,
And you and I will know all day
That our hearts are strangely stirred -
Just now I almost saw your face,
And when you spoke I heard.On Christmas Day, in the morning,
My dear, I thought of you,
And I said, I have no better gift
Than a friend so dear and true;
A love that is mine to the end of time,
And will last my whole life through.NOTE
"In a Christmas Letter" appeared in The American (1:167) [a weekly journal], Philadelphia, December 25, 1880.Edited by Terry Heller, Coe College.