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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE POET'S CALENDAR: DECEMBER, by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Riding upon the goat, with snow-white hair
Last Line: "proclaiming ""peace on earth, good will to men."
Subject(s): December
First Line: Riding upon the goat, with snow-white hair
Last Line: "proclaiming ""peace on earth, good will to men."
Subject(s): December
Riding upon the Goat, with snow-white hair,
I come, the last of all. This crown of mine
Is of the holly; in my hand I bear
The thyrsus, tipped with fragrant cones of pine.
I celebrate the birth of the Divine,
And the return of the Saturnian reign;--
My songs are carols sung at every shrine,
Proclaiming "Peace on earth, good will to men."
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