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Mine eyes didst see a tiny nail/That peeked beneath the manger rail,/Me thinkst the builder of the bed---/Didst know a king would lay his head,/In what was just a common thing---/He placed a silver nail to bring,/Much more than luck or fortune may---/A sign of what the king would pay,/To give mankind such peace on earth/That only peaceful God could birth,/Through life and death and life once more---/This nail would hold a message for,/All generations yet to be---/Who'd hang a garland round a tree,/And think upon that royal nail/And of the king that did prevail. A red ribbon joins the 2' long nail to a card bearing the poem.
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