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The Jungfrau To Beth

By Louisa May Alcott

Topics: classic

God bless you, dear Queen Bess!         May nothing you dismay,         But health and peace and happiness         Be yours, this Christmas day.         Here's fruit to feed our busy bee,         And flowers for her nose.         Here's music for her pianee,         An afghan for her toes,         A portrait of Joanna, see,         By Raphael No. 2,         Who laboured with great industry         To make it fair and true.         Accept a ribbon red, I beg,         For Madam Purrer's tail,         And ice cream made by lovely Peg,         A Mont Blanc in a pail.         Their dearest love my makers laid         Within my breast of snow.         Accept it, and the Alpine maid,         From Laurie and from Jo.

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About Louisa May Alcott

Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888) was an American novelist and poet best known for "Little Women." Her poetry reflects her abolitionist views, Transcendentalist upbringing, and experiences as a Civil War nurse.

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