Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE SCHOOL-BOY'S DREAM ON THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS, by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER



Poetry Explorer

Classic and Contemporary Poetry

THE SCHOOL-BOY'S DREAM ON THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS, by                     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...



Home: PoetryExplorer.net