little tree little silent Christmas tree you are so little you are more like a flower
who found you in the green forest and were you very sorry to come away? see I will comfort you because you smell so sweetly
i will kiss your cool bark and hug you safe and warm just as your mother would only don't be afraid
look at the spangles that sleep all year in a dark box dreaming of being taken out and allowed to shine, the balls the chains red and gold the fluffy threads,
put up your little arms and i'll give them all to you to hold every finger shall have its ring and there won't be a single place dark or unhappy
then when you're quite dressed you'll stand in the window for everyone to see and how they'll stare! oh but you'll be very proud
and my sister and i will take hands and looking up at our beautiful tree we'll dance and sing "Noel Noel"
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last night i heard a choral piece based on this e.e. cummings poem
Date: 2010-12-07 12:57 am (UTC)little silent Christmas tree
you are so little
you are more like a flower
who found you in the green forest
and were you very sorry to come away?
see I will comfort you
because you smell so sweetly
i will kiss your cool bark
and hug you safe and warm
just as your mother would
only don't be afraid
look at the spangles
that sleep all year in a dark box
dreaming of being taken out and allowed to shine,
the balls the chains red and gold the fluffy threads,
put up your little arms and
i'll give them all to you to hold
every finger shall have its ring
and there won't be a single place dark or unhappy
then when you're quite dressed
you'll stand in the window for everyone to see
and how they'll stare!
oh but you'll be very proud
and my sister and i will take hands
and looking up at our beautiful tree
we'll dance and sing
"Noel Noel"