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The shadows watch about the house; / Silent as they, I come. / Oh, it is true that life is deaf, / And not that death is dumb.
The Christmas thrill is on the earth, / The stars throb in the sky. / Love listens in a thousand homes, -- / The Christmas bells ring by.