Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE SCHOOL-BOY'S DREAM ON THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS, by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER Poet's Biography First Line: Twas the half-year's last day, a festal one Last Line: I told him plainly 'twas our holidays. Subject(s): Chisholm Trail; Schools; Students | ||||||||
'Twas the half-year's last day, a festal one; Light tasks and feast and sport, hoop, cricket, kite, Employed us fully, till the summer-night Stole o'er the roofs of happy Alderton. Homer indoors, and field-games out of school, Made medley of my dreams; for, when I slept, The quaintest vision o'er my fancy swept, That ever served the lordship of misrule: Our hoops through gods and heroes ran a-muck; Our kites o'erhung the fleet, a public gaze! And one wild ball the great Achilles struck - Oh! how he towered and lightened at the stroke! But, tho' his formal pardon I bespoke, I told him plainly 'twas our holidays. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...IN MICHAEL ROBINS?ÇÖS CLASS MINUS ONE by HICOK. BOB YOU GO TO SCHOOL TO LEARN by THOMAS LUX GRADESCHOOL'S LARGE WINDOWS by THOMAS LUX HER FIRST-BORN by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER |
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