Yule Tide Fires

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"Fifty Christmas Poems for Children", by Florence B. Hyett, [1923],

Yule-tide Fires

Cleanse with the burning log of oak

The canker of thy care,

Deck with the scarlet-berried bough

The temple of the fair;

Spread pure-white linen for a feast,

Perchance some guest may share.

Give forth thy gold and silver coins,

For they were lent to thee;

Put out to usury thy dross,

One talent gaineth three.

Perchance the hungered and the poor

May pray to God for thee.

Once a pale star rose in the East

For watching herds to see,

And weakness came to Bethlehem,

And strength to Galilee.

Perchance! if thou dost keep thy tryst

A star may rise for thee.

--ANONYMOUS