<h2> THE HAPPY TIME </h2>
<p>Two gloomy scenes may be,<br/>
Or count you three:<br/>
A building hope all crushed at morn,<br/>
A bridal day in clouds of rain,<br/>
And night that keeps a mother's pain<br/>
For tidings of a child forlorn.<br/>
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Of happy times count more,<br/>
Admit these four:<br/>
A flower of promise rich with day,<br/>
A son with victories that wear<br/>
A halo on his mother's way:<br/>
And friends whose hearts ring like a chime<br/>
Across the world at Christmas time.<br/></p>
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