Evening star., 1933-12-24
PUBLIC LIBRARY
THE POETS CHRISTMAS.


In keeping with the spirit of Christ
mas, the Public Library presents ex-
tracts from the work of modern poets
instead of its usual list Of books or
magazine articles related to current
events.
Gould every time-worn heart but see
Thee once again,
A happy human child, among the
homes of men,
The age of doubt would pass-the vision
Of Thy face
Would silently restore the childhood of
the race"
From ITO the Child Jesus" In "The
Poems Of Henry Van Dyke" 1916.
YP.V28)
High noon behind the tamarisks-the
sun is hot above us
As at home the Christmas day Is
breaking wan
They will drink our healths at dinner
those who tell us how they love us
And forget us till another year be
gonep
From Christmas in India. In
''Rudyard Kipling's Verse, Inclusive
Edition" 1929. YP P.K62a)
above the weary waiting world,
Asleep in chill despair,
There breaks the sound of joyous bells
Upon the frosted air.
And DER the humblest rooftree, 10!
A star is dancing on the snow"
From Christmas Song" In bliss
| Carman's Poems" 1881. YP.C212)
For with all the soft beauty,
o Christmas. behind ye,
When its back to cold duty
This day has consigned ye.
lot rNf f11a afA
OF a saint unafraid
To Withstand the blue devils
That's likely to find ye."
(From 'In Praise of S.. Stephen" In
''McAroni Ballads and Other Poems,
by T. A. DAILY. 1919. YPD178ma)
"The rich they set their candles on
their blinded window sills,
| But all the light o. Christendom is
streaming from the hills;
And you and shall trail it to the twi-
light or beyond,
So Merry Christmas, yaller dog, you
precious vagabond."
From Christmas on the Road" In
Poems" by Dana Burnet. 1915.
YP. .B927)
Jesus came with His winsome love
To hearten you and me;
He lived His faith and the might
thereof
Conquers by land and sea;
This carpenter lad, with a dream He
had,
That led to Calvary"
(From THE Carpenter Lad" In "The
Collected Poems of Richard Burton.
1881. YPB956)
Tonight beneath the dripping bows,
Where flashing bubbles burst and
The bow-wash murmurs and sighs and
Soughs
A message from the angels song"
CFrom Christmas Eve at Sea" In
| Poems by John Masefeld. 1929
VI. .M374)
'The morning sun shuts out the stars,
Which are much loftier than the sun;
But could we burst our prison bars
And find the Light whence light be-
gun,
The dreams that heralded Thy birth
Were truer than the truths of earth;
And by that far immortal gleam,
Soul of my soul, still would dream!"
(From "Slumber Songs of the Ma
donna" In Collected Poems," by Al
fred Noyes. 1913. YPN873a)
Those twelve half moons, last Christ
mas eve,
Arranged in ring round cloud of
wonder!
And they turned to snowbird nests on a
bough
Tossed in night winds organ-thun-
From "a Christ Child Book" In
Every Soul Is a Circus" by Vachel
Lindsay. 1929. YP.L646c.)
"He asked if I would sell my Christmas
trees;
My woods-the young fir balsams like a
place
Where houses all are churches and have
spires
I hadn't thought of them as Christmas
trees"
From Christmas Trees" In "Col-
lected Poems of Robert Frost" 1880.
YP .F927a)
For this You bled upon the bitter
tree;
A yard Of tinsel ribbon bought and
for me-"
(From ITO Jesus on His Birthday"
In "The Buck in the Snow and Other
poems." by Edna st. Vincent Millay'
"On Christmas eve the brute creation
Lift up their heads and speak with
human voices;
The OK roars out his song Of jubilation
And the ass rejoices."
(From Christmas Eve" In Poems,
19l4-26." by Robert Graves. 1929.
YP. P.G783.)