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CHRISTMAS GREETING by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY

Poet Analysis

First Line: A WORD OF GODSPEED AND GOOD
Last Line: THE WORLD'S FACE, WITH GOD'S SMILE ON IT.
Subject(s): CHRISTMAS; GOD; SMILES; STARS; NATIVITY, THE;

A WORD of Godspeed and good cheer
To all on earth, or far or near,
Or friend or foe, or thine or mine --
In echo of the voice divine,
Heard when the Star bloomed forth and lit
The world's face, with God's smile on it.



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