Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, PEACE AND GOODWILL, by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES


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First Line: On christmas day I sit and think
Last Line: And give his sister joy this day.
Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H.
Subject(s): Christmas; Peace; Nativity, The


On Christmas day I sit and think,
Thoughts white as snow, and black as ink.
My nearest kinsman, turned a knave,
Robbed me of all that I could save.
When he was gone, and I was poor,
His sister yelped me from her door.

The Robin sings his Christmas song,
And no bird has a sweeter tongue.
God bless them all -- my wife so true,
And pretty Robin Redbreast too.
God bless my kinsman, far away,
And give his sister joy this day.




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