Frederick William Harvey

A Christmas Wish

I CAN NOT give you happiness:
For wishes long have ceased to bring
The Fortune which to page and king
They brought in those good centuries,
When with a quaint and starry wand
Witches turned poor men’s thoughts to gold
And Cinderella’s carriage rolled
Through moonlight into Fairyland.
 
I may but wish you happiness:
Not Pleasure’s dusty fruit to hnd,
But wines of Mirth and Friendship kind,
And Love, to make with you a home.
But may Our Lord whose Son has come
Now heed the wish and make it true,
Even as elves were wont to do
When wishing could bring happiness.
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