Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, A YEAR'S CAROLS: DECEMBER, by ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE


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First Line: December, thou whose hallowing hands
Last Line: Makes glad all grief on land or sea.
Subject(s): Christmas; December; Seasons; Nativity, The


December, thou whose hallowing hands
On shuddering seas and hardening lands
Set as a sacramental sign
The seal of Christmas felt on earth
As witness toward a new year's birth
Whose promise makes thy death divine,
The crowning joy that comes of thee
Makes glad all grief on land or sea.





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