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	80	SONGS FOR CHILDHOOD.
	■Now, Dasher! now, Dancer! now, Prancer and Vixen ! On, Comet! on, Cupid! on, Donder and Blitzen ! To the top of the porch! to the top of the wall! Now dash away ! dash away ! dash away, all!" As dry leaves that before the wild hurricane fly, When they meet with an obstacle mount to the sky, So np to the house-top the coursers they flew, With the sleigh full of toys, and St. Nicholas too. And then, in a twinkling, I heard on the roof The prancing and pawing of each little hoof;		His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow, And the beard of his chin was as white as the snow ; And the stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth, And the smoke it encircled his head like a wreath. He had a broad face, and a little round belly, That shook when he laughed like a bowl full of jelly. He was chubby and plump, a right jolly old elf; And I laughed when I saw him, in spite of myself: A wink of his eye, and a twist of his head, Soon gave me to know I had nothing to dread.
	As I drew in my head, and was turning around, Down the chimney St. Nicholas came with a bound. He was dressed all in fur from his head to his foot, And his clothes were all tarnished with ashes and soot; A bundle of toys he had flung on his back, And he looked like a peddler just opening his pack. His eyes�how they twinkled ! his dimples�how merry! His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry!		He spoke not a word, but went straight to his work, And filled all the stockings; then turned with a jerk, And laying his finger aside of his nose, Aud giving a nod, up the chimney he rose. He sprung to his sleigh, to his team gave a whis�tle, And away they all flew like the down of a thistle. But I heard him exclaim, ere he drove out of sight. " Happy Christmas to all! and to all a good�night !"