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CHRISTMAS SONNET TO E. C. S., by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: When days were long, and o'er that farm
Last Line: Yet with your blossom from one root it grew.
Alternate Author Name(s): Taylor, James Bayard
Subject(s): Christmas; Fields; Stedman, Edmund Clarence (1833-1908); Summer; Nativity, The; Pastures; Meadows; Leas


WHEN days were long, and o'er that farm of mine,
Green Cedarcroft, the summer breezes blew,
And from the walnut shadows I and you,
Dear Edmund, saw the red lawn-roses shine,
Or followed our idyllic Brandywine
Through meadows flecked with many a flowery hue,
To where with wild Arcadian pomp I drew
Your Bacchic march among the startled kine,
You gave me, linked with old Maeonides,
Your loving sonnet, -- record dear and true
Of days as dear: and now, when suns are brief,
And Christmas snows are on the naked trees,
I give you this, -- a withered winter leaf,
Yet with your blossom from one root it grew.





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