Christmas-Eve, Another Ceremony

Come guard this night the Christmas-Pie,
That the thief, though ne'er so sly,
With his flesh-hooks, don't come nigh
                   To catch it

From him, who all alone sits there,
Having his eyes still in his ear,
And a deal of nightly fear
                   To watch it.


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