Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ORGAN SONGS: CHRISTMAS, 1873, by GEORGE MACDONALD Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Christmas-days are still in store Last Line: News to men! To god old glory! Subject(s): Birth; Children; Christmas; Jesus Christ; Parents; Child Birth; Midwifery; Childhood; Nativity, The; Parenthood | ||||||||
CHRISTMAS-DAYS are still in store: Will they changesteal faded hither? Or come fresh as heretofore, Summering all our winter weather? Surely they will keep their bloom All the countless pacing ages: In the country whence they come Children only are the sages! Hither, every hour and year, Children come to cure our oldness Oft, alas, to gather sear Unbelief, and earthy boldness! Men they grow and women cold, Selfish, passionate, and plaining! Ever faster they grow old: On the world, ah, eld is gaining! Child, whose childhood ne'er departs! Jesus, with the perfect father! Drive the age from parents' hearts; To thy heart the children gather. Send thy birth into our souls, With its grand and tender story. Hark! the gracious thunder rolls! News to men! to God old glory! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MY PARENTS HAVE COME HOME LAUGHING by MARK JARMAN BIRTHDAY (AUTOBIOGRAPHY) by ROBINSON JEFFERS LOOKING IN AT NIGHT by MARY KINZIE THE VELVET HAND by PHYLLIS MCGINLEY CURRICULUM VITAE by LISEL MUELLER CIVILIZING THE CHILD by LISEL MUELLER MISSING THE DEAD by LISEL MUELLER LOST AND FOUND by GEORGE MACDONALD THAT HOLY THING by GEORGE MACDONALD THE BABY, FR. AT THE BACK OF THE NORTH WIND by GEORGE MACDONALD |
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