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Dec 21, 2014 · These are, we reckon, 10 of the greatest poems for the Christmas holidays, spanning over 600 years of poetry in the English language (yes, the earliest poem on this list dates from around 1400!). They’re all quite short and make for ideal festive reading, so we’ve provided links to each of the poems, too.
- Having a close friend is an incredible blessing. It means having someone who’s always there to listen and encourage. In this famous poem by Edgar Guest (1881-1959), he shares of all the great friendship qualities he’d like to return to someone who has displayed them to him.
- Clement Clarke Moore wrote this poem in 1822 for his own children. It is also referenced with the title, "A Visit from St. Nicholas". The poem is the origin for many of the modern notions of Santa Claus, his plump and cheerful white-bearded look, the names of his reindeer, and even the tradition that he brings toys to children.
- Christmas is a time that seems to bring out the best in humanity, which famous poet Edgar Guest (1881-1959) captures in this poem. Christmas is a time of year that people are quicker to think of others above themselves, and they do not worry about the petty things that consume them throughout the year.
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was inspired to write this poem in 1863 during the Civil War when his son went off to fight for the Union against his wishes.
- A Visit from St. Nicholas, 1823
- Christmas Eve, 1893
- Christmas Bells, 1863
- Snow-Flakes, 1893
- The Burning Babe, 1595
- Bells (First Stanza), 1848
- On The Morning of Christ’s Nativity (Excerpt), 1629
- “Yes, Virginia, There Is A Santa Claus”
by Clement Clarke Moore ‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse; The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there; The children were nestled all snug in their beds, While visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads; And ma in her ‘ker...
by Christina Rossetti Christmas has a darkness Brighter than the blazing noon, Christmas has a chillness Warmer than the heat of June, Christmas has a beauty Lovelier than the world can show: For Christmas bringeth Jesus, Brought for us so low. Earth, strike up your music, Birds that sing and bells that ring; Heaven has answering music For all ange...
by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow I heard the bells on Christmas Day Their old, familiar carols play, __And wild and sweet __The words repeat Of peace on earth, good-will to men! And thought how, as the day had come, The belfries of all Christendom __Had rolled along __The unbroken song Of peace on earth, good-will to men! Till ringing, singing on its ...
by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Out of the bosom of the Air, __Out of the cloud-folds of her garments shaken, Over the woodlands brown and bare, __Over the harvest-fields forsaken, ____Silent, and soft, and slow ____Descends the snow. Even as our cloudy fancies take __Suddenly shape in some divine expression, Even as the troubled heart doth make __In...
by Robert Southwell, SJ As I in hoary winter’s night stood shivering in the snow, Surpris’d I was with sudden heat which made my heart to glow; And lifting up a fearful eye to view what fire was near, A pretty Babe all burning bright did in the air appear; Who, scorchèd with excessive heat, such floods of tears did shed As though his floods should ...
by Edgar Allan Poe Hear the sledges with the bells— Silver bells! What a world of merriment their melody foretells! How they tinkle, tinkle, tinkle, In the icy air of night! While the stars that oversprinkle All the heavens, seem to twinkle With a crystalline delight; Keeping time, time, time, In a sort of Runic rhyme, To the tintinnabulation that ...
by John Milton XIII Ring out, ye crystal spheres! Once bless our human ears, If ye have power to touch our senses so; And let your silver chime Move in melodious time; And let the bass of heaven’s deep organ blow; And with your ninefold harmony Make up full consort of the angelic symphony. XIV For, if such holy song Enwrap our fancy long, Time will...
Eight-year-old Virginia O’Hanlon wrote a letter to the editor of New York’s Sun, and the quick response was printed as an unsigned editorial Sept. 21, 1897. The work of veteran newsman Francis Pharcellus Church has since become history’s most reprinted newspaper editorial, appearing in part or whole in dozens of languages in books, movies, and othe...
10 min read. From joy to love to loneliness, these 25 Christmas poems perfectly capture the spirit of the festive season. The festive season can be a mess of shopping, food preparation and...
Short inspirational Christmas poems offer a heartfelt and uplifting messages in their rhymes. These succinct and meaningful verses paint the true essence of Christmas.
Christmas Poems. Classic and contemporary poems for the holiday season. Illustration by Hyesu Lee. This collection of poems and site features presents many Christmases: spiritual and secular, bleak and hopeful, individual and communal. W.
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Dec 12, 2017 · Dip into this sampler of vintage Christmas poems from the 19th and early 20th centuries. They ponder why the world needs the hope and joy of Christmas.
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