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Cover Page

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Chimneysmoke

Chimneysmoke

[ii]

By ChristopherMorley

CHIMNEYSMOKE
HIDE AND SEEK
THE ROCKING HORSE
SONGS FOR A LITTLE HOUSE
MINCE PIE

New York: George H. Doran Company

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This hearth was built for thy delight

Thishearth was built for thy delight,
For thee the logs were sawn,
For thee the largest chair, at night,
Is to the chimney drawn.

For thee, dear lass, the match was lit,
To yield the ruddy blaze—
May Jack Frost give us joy of it
For many, many days.


[iv]

Chimneysmoke

by

Christopher Morley

Fireside Chair

Illustrated by

Thomas Fogarty

Garden City, New York
Doubleday,Page & Co.
1927

[v]

COPYRIGHT, 1917, 1919, 1920, 1921
BY DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY.
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. PRINTED IN
THE UNITED STATES AT THE COUNTRY
LIFE PRESS, GARDEN CITY, N. Y.


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"How can I turn from anyfire
On anyman's hearthstone?
I know the wonder and desire
That wentto build my own."

Rudyard Kipling; "TheFires"

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Author's Note

There are a number of poems in this collection that have notpreviouslyappeared in book form. But, as a few readers may discern, many of theverses are reprinted from Songs for a Little House(1917),The Rocking Horse (1919) and Hide and Seek(1920). There isalso

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