Christmas Treasures

Christmas Treasures :




I count my treasures o'er with care,

The little toy my darling knew,

A little sock of faded hue,

A little lock of golden hair.



Long years ago this holy time,

My little one--my all to me-

Sat robed in white upon my knee,

And heard the merry Christmas chime.



'Tell me, my little golden-head,

If Santa Claus should come to-night,

What shall he bring my baby bright,--

What treasure for my boy?' I said.



And then he named this little toy,

While in his round and mournful eyes

There came a look of sweet surprise,

That spake his quiet, trustful joy.



And as he lisped his evening prayer

He asked the boon with childish grace;

Then, toddling to the chimney-place,

He hung this little stocking there.



That night, while lengthening shadows crept,

I saw the white-winged angels come

With singing to our lowly home

And kiss my darling as he slept.



They must have heard his little prayer,

For in the morn, with rapturous face,

He toddled to the chimney-pla







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