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On January 20, 1829, Troy editor Orville L. Holley alluded to the author of the Christmas poem, using terms that accurately described Moore as a native and current resident of New York City, and as "a gentleman of more merit as a scholar and a writer than many of more noisy pretensions". [11]
- Harry Bornstein, Clement Clarke Moore
- 1823
Nov 19, 2021 · It wasn’t until 1837 that poet and editor Charles Fenno Hoffman 1837HON (who had entered Columbia in 1821 at age fifteen) published the twenty-eight rhyming couplets under Moore’s name in a collection called The New-York Book of Poetry.
Oct 8, 2024 · Jessica Sager. Updated: Oct 8, 2024. One of the most beloved Christmas stories is 'Twas the Night Before Christmas. While almost everyone is familiar with the sweet holiday rhyming tale,...
The poem “A Visit from St. Nicholas,” also known as “ ’Twas the Night Before Christmas,” was first published in a New York newspaper in 1823. It helped to establish Santa Claus as the joyful, plump, toy-bearing figure widely known today, and its naming of his reindeer has persisted as well.
Dec 19, 2016 · Rossetti’s “Christmas Eve” can seem simple, even simplistic, upon a first reading. But its few words, arranged in short, metrical, rhyming lines, resonate with meaning.
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.
“‘Twas the Night Before Christmas” was first published in 1823 in the TroySentinel newspaper with the name, “Account of a Visit From St. Nicholas.” It was subsequently republished numerous times, often with slight modernizing alterations to the original text.
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