I CAN NOT give you happiness : <br />For wishes long have ceased to bring <br />The Fortune which to page and king <br />They brought in those good centuries, <br />When with a quaint and starry wand <br />Witches turned poor men's thoughts to gold <br />And Cinderella's carriage rolled <br />Through moonlight into Fairyland. <br /> <br />I may but wish you happiness : <br />Not Pleasure's dusty fruit to hnd, <br />But wines of Mirth and Friendship kind, <br />And Love, to make with you a home. <br />But may Our Lord whose Son has come <br />Now heed the wish and make it true, <br />Even as elves were wont to do <br />When wishing could bring happiness.<br /><br />Frederick William (FW) Harvey<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-christmas-wish-10/
