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THE CHRISTMAS PIE by ROBERT HERRICK

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First Line: COME, GUARD THIS NIGHT THE CHRISTMAS PIE
Last Line: TO WATCH IT.
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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