Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AT CHRISTMAS-TIME, by DORA SIGERSON SHORTER Poet's Biography First Line: For that old love I once adored Last Line: "when joy bells chime." Alternate Author Name(s): Sigerson, Dora; Shorter, Mrs. Clement Subject(s): Christmas; Nativity, The | ||||||||
FOR that old love I once adored I deck my halls and spread my board At Christmas-time. With all the winter's flowers that grow I wreathe my room, and mistletoe Hangs in the gloom of my doorway, Wherein my dear lost love might stray When joy bells chime. What phantom was it entered there And drunk his wine and took his chair At Christmas-time? With holly boughs and mistletoe He crowned his head, and at my woe And tears I shed laughed long and loud; "Get back, O phantom! to thy shroud When joy bells chime." | 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 THE WIND ON THE HILLS by DORA SIGERSON SHORTER |
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