Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A CHRISTMAS REVERIE, by WILLIAM HARPER HUFF 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! | 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 A POST-IMPRESSIONIST SUSURRATION FOR THE FIRST OF NOVEMBER by HAYDEN CARRUTH OVID, OLD BUDDY, I WOULD DISCOURSE WITH YOU A WHILE by HAYDEN CARRUTH |
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