Quote#Wisdom
"Now! Dasher, now! Dancer, now! Prancer, and Vixen
Quote byClement Clarke Moore · 1779–1863
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: A Visit from St. Nicholas, l. 21.
English (original)
"Now! Dasher, now! Dancer, now! Prancer, and Vixen, "On! Comet, on! Cupid, on! Dunder and Blixem; "To the top of the porch! to the top of the wall! "Now dash away! dash away! dash away all!"
— Clement Clarke Moore
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But I heard him exclaim, ere he drove out of sight — "Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good night!"
The scene was changed. It was a bark that slowly held its way, And o'er its lee the coast of France in the light of evening lay; And on its deck a lady sat, who gazed with tearful eyes Upon the fast receding hills that dim and distant rise.
What great Effects from slender Causes flow!
So All is diff’rent, and yet All is One.
But as well may you, when urging a man up-hill with a heavy load upon his back, and with your lash also upon his back, tell him, that be has nothing to do either with the load or the lash.