Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, A CHRISTMAS REVERIE, by WILLIAM HARPER HUFF


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A CHRISTMAS REVERIE, by                    
First Line: Christmas comes again with all the
Last Line: This sparkling breath of fancy!
Subject(s): Christmas; Holidays; Nativity, The


Christmas comes again with all the
recollections of past hopes and
desires, and though the forms in which we
sought the thrills of Yuletide have changed
to suit the closer scrutiny of experience,
the wine of earlier years intoxicates as
of yore; for there lingers in every breast
the enchanted figure of him who breaks
all laws of space, of time, of wealth;
who keeps in his vest pocket the names,
the chimney-numbers of those who tarry
at the fabled hearthstone of expectancy.
And we who have eaten of the clove
of time would not, if we could, dispel
this sparkling breath of fancy!





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