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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE TOY CROSS, by RODEN BERKELEY WRIOTHESLEY NOEL Poet's Biography First Line: My little boy at christmas-tide Last Line: Clasp'd for eternity! Subject(s): Christmas; Crosses; Nativity, The | |||
MY little boy at Christmas-tide Made me a toy cross; Two sticks he did, in boyish pride, With brazen nail emboss. Ah me! how soon, on either side His dying bed's true cross, She and I were crucified, Bemoaning our life-loss! But He, whose arms in death spread wide Upon the holy tree, Were clasp'd about him when he died -- Clasp'd for eternity! | 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 SEA SLUMBER-SONG by RODEN BERKELEY WRIOTHESLEY NOEL |
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