The Romance of Greeting Cards: An Historical Account of the Origin, Evolution, and Development of Christmas Card, Valentine, and Other Forms of Engraved Or Printed Greetings from the Earliest Days to the Present Time

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Printed at Cambridge, Mass., by the University Press for E. D. Chase, 1926 - 255 sider

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Side 31 - O LITTLE town of Bethlehem ! How still we see thee lie ; Above thy deep and dreamless sleep The silent stars go by ; Yet in thy dark streets shineth The everlasting Light ; The hopes and fears of all the years Are met in thee to-night.
Side 39 - It came upon the midnight clear, That glorious song of old, From angels bending near the earth, To touch their harps of gold : "Peace on the earth, goodwill to men, From heaven's all-gracious King!
Side 62 - To Electra. I DARE not ask a kiss, I dare not beg a smile ; Lest having that or this, I might grow proud the while. No, no, the utmost share Of my desire shall be Only to kiss that air That lately kissed thee.
Side 24 - BETWEEN the dark and the daylight, When the night is beginning to lower, Comes a pause in the day's occupations, That is known as the Children's Hour. I hear in the chamber above me The patter of little feet, The sound of a door that is opened, And voices soft and sweet. From my study I see in the lamplight, Descending the broad hall stair, Grave Alice, and laughing Allegra, And Edith with golden hair. A whisper, and then a silence : Yet I know by...
Side 92 - That the President of the United States is hereby authorized and requested to issue a proclamation calling upon the Government officials to display the United States flag on all Government buildings, and the people of the United States to display the flag at their homes or other suitable places, on the second Sunday in May, as a public expression of our love and reverence for the mothers of our country.
Side 39 - All glory be to God on high, And to the earth be peace; Good-will henceforth from heaven to men Begin and never cease.
Side 39 - Fear not," said he, for mighty dread Had seized their troubled mind; "Glad tidings of great joy I bring To you and all mankind.
Side 164 - Mild and gentle, as he was brave, — When the sweetest love of his life he gave To simple things: — Where the violets grew Blue as the eyes they were likened to, The touches of his hands have strayed As reverently as his lips have prayed...
Side 92 - Whereas the service rendered the United States by the American mother Is the greatest source of the country's strength and inspiration...
Side 204 - To live content with small means ; to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion ; to be worthy, not respectable, and wealthy, not rich...

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