<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=418752" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Christmas-Box</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">THIS box, mine own sweet darling, thou wilt find<br>With many a varied sweetmeat's form supplied;<br>The fruits are they of holy Christmas tide,<br>But baked indeed, for children's use design'd.<br>I'd fain, in speeches sweet with skill combin'd,<br>Poetic sweetmeats for the feast provide;<br>But why in such frivolities confide?<br>Perish the thought, with flattery to blind!<br>One sweet thing there is still, that from within,<br>Within us speaks,--that may be felt afar;<br>This may be wafted o'er to thee alone.<br>If thou a recollection fond canst win,<br>As if with pleasure gleam'd each well-known star,<br>The smallest gift thou never wilt disown.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Johann+Wolfgang+von+Goethe">Johann Wolfgang von Goethe</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=418752" data-title="The Christmas-Box de Johann Wolfgang von Goethe" data-description="THIS box, mine own sweet darling, thou wilt find With many a varied sweetmeat's form supplied; The fruits are they of holy Christmas tide, But baked indeed, for children's use design'd. I'd fain, in speeches sweet with skill combin'd, Poetic sweet..."></div> </div> </div>

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