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Christmas Poems
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I am looking for poems with a Christmas theme to read out in a Christmas social evening. Can anyone suggest any titles? Thank you.
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The Oxford Book of Christmas Poems has an amazing selection.
I like "Before the Paling of the Stars" by Christina Rossetti.
" The Oxen" by Thomas Hardy.
" Journey of the Magi" T. S. Eliot
among others.
" The Oxen" by Thomas Hardy.
" Journey of the Magi" T.
20:35 Mon 19th Sep 2011
There must be thousands:
http://www.google.co....F-8&q=Christmas+poems
http://www.google.co....F-8&q=Christmas+poems
John Donne 1572, one of the earliest Christmas poems.
Nativity a Christmas Poem.
Make it Snow !
Immensity cloistered in thy dear womb,
Now leaves His well-belov'd imprisonment,
There He hath made Himself to His intent
Weak enough, now into the world to come;
But O, for thee, for Him, hath the inn no room?
Yet lay Him in this stall, and from the Orient,
Stars and wise men will travel to prevent
The effect of Herod's jealous general doom.
Seest thou, my soul, with thy faith's eyes, how He
Which fills all place, yet none holds Him, doth lie?
Was not His pity towards thee wondrous high,
That would have need to be pitied by thee?
Kiss Him, and with Him into Egypt go,
With His kind mother, who partakes thy woe.
Nativity a Christmas Poem.
Make it Snow !
Immensity cloistered in thy dear womb,
Now leaves His well-belov'd imprisonment,
There He hath made Himself to His intent
Weak enough, now into the world to come;
But O, for thee, for Him, hath the inn no room?
Yet lay Him in this stall, and from the Orient,
Stars and wise men will travel to prevent
The effect of Herod's jealous general doom.
Seest thou, my soul, with thy faith's eyes, how He
Which fills all place, yet none holds Him, doth lie?
Was not His pity towards thee wondrous high,
That would have need to be pitied by thee?
Kiss Him, and with Him into Egypt go,
With His kind mother, who partakes thy woe.
Depending on how much time you have, I always feel this one has a good message:
http://www.christmas-time.com/cp-work.html
http://www.christmas-time.com/cp-work.html