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For half an hour tonight we wander / Through the streets, / And see the Christmas trees against the lighted pane; / And catch child voices raised in glee and hear / Street singers chanting carols loud and free / Then a bell tone, and then the far-off sea.
We turn a corner and we pass a house / Whence strains of music come, / "Minuit Chrétians -- " They will be singing that in Paris tonight! / From a side gate a scarlet figure booted, slips with bells / Jingling; some amateur Santa Claus late for festival.