Poems Archives - Page 9 of 10 - Christmas Magazine

The Snowdrop

Anna Laetitia Barbauld (1743-1825) Already the Snowdrop dares appear, The first pale blossom of th’ unripen’d year; As Flora’s breath,

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) Announced by all the trumpets of the sky,Arrives the snow, and, driving o’er the fields,Seems nowhere to

Anon I have a list of people I know All written in a book And every year at Christmastime

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) Three Kings came riding from far away, Melchior and caspar and Balthazar; Three Wise Men out

Brian Walters In todays day and time, it’s easy to lose sight of the true meaning of Christmas and

Dafydd ap Gwilym Across North Wales The snowflakes wander, A swarm of white bees. Over the woods A cold

John Clare (1793-1864) English peasant poet of the Romantic school The winter comes; I walk alone, I want no

William Wordsworth (1770 – 1850) Lone Flower, hemmed in with snows and white as they But hardier far, once

Elinor Wylie (1885-1928) Let us walk in the white snow In a soundless space; With footsteps quiet and slow, At