Child Songs of Cheer

<h2><SPAN name="THE_FIRST_SLEIGH-RIDE" id="THE_FIRST_SLEIGH-RIDE"></SPAN>THE FIRST SLEIGH-RIDE</h2> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">O happy time of fleecy rime<br/></span> <span class="i2">And falling flakes, and O<br/></span> <span class="i0">The glad surprise in baby eyes<br/></span> <span class="i2">That never saw the snow!<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Down shining ways the flying sleighs<br/></span> <span class="i2">Go jingling by, and see!<br/></span> <span class="i0">Beside the gate the horses wait<br/></span> <span class="i2">And neigh for you and me!<br/></span></div> </div> <hr style="width: 65%;" /> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_51" id="Page_51">[51]</SPAN></span></p> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />