Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO CHRISTINA AND KATHARINE AT CHRISTMAS, by FORD MADOX FORD Poet's Biography First Line: Now christmas is a porter's-rest whereon to set his load Last Line: For you and me! Alternate Author Name(s): Hueffer, Ford Hermann; Hueffer, Ford Madox Subject(s): Christmas; God; Jesus Christ; Nativity, The | ||||||||
NOW Christmas is a porter's-rest whereon to set his load; And Christmas was a blessed bed for One who loved her God. And Christmas is a chiming bell to ships upon the sea That decks the shrouds and lights the ports and tolls for Memory But Christmas is a meeting-place For you and me. God send your hearts may never grow so old As to forget that this day Mary's lips First touched Her young Child's brow: and may your eyes Not ever grow too cold to recognize How to poor men and women these days bear A gift of rest. Pray that the gentle air Give relaxation to a myriad ships. ... And, oh my little ones, may no December See Christmas come and me no longer dear To your dear hearts and voices. This remember: How Christmas is the pardon day when Justice drops its load; And is the lily-blossomed field where Jesus walks with God. Now Saints set foot upon the waves to still the yeasty sea, And other Saints to hurdled sheep give comfort patiently. Now all good men beside their hearths call upon Memory: Now, now comes in the meeting-time For you and me! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...DIFFERENT VIEWS; A CHRISMAS DUET by JOSEPH ASHBY-STERRY AN UNMERRY CHRISTMAS by AMBROSE BIERCE CHRISTMAS IN CHINATOWN by AUGUST KLEINZAHLER CHRISTMAS TREE by JOHN FREDERICK NIMS ISAIAH'S COAL by JOHN FREDERICK NIMS SOUNDS OF THE RESURRECTED DEAD MAN'S FOOTSTEPS (#3): 1. BEAST, PEACH.. by MARVIN BELL |
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