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THE CHRISTMAS PIE, by                 Poet Analysis     Poet's Biography
First Line: Come, guard this night the christmas pie
Last Line: To watch it.
Variant Title(s): Christmas Eve - Another Ceremony;christmasse-eve, Another Ceremonie
Subject(s): Christmas; Food & Eating; Pies; Nativity, The


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





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