Famous Holiday Poems

Classic Holiday Poems

Famous Holiday Poems 1-8 of 8
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'Twas the Night Before Christmas
Votes: 50,  Rating: 4.3 , By Clement Clarke Moore
'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house
Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse;
The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,
In hopes that St. Nicholas soon ..........
Christmas Bells
Votes: 12,  Rating: 4.08 , By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
"I heard the bells on Christmas Day
Their old familiar carols play,
And wild and sweet
The words repeat
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!

And thought how, as the day had ..........
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A Nation’s Strength, Independence Day Poem
Votes: 10,  Rating: 4 , By Ralph Waldo Emerson
What makes a nation’s pillars high
And its foundations strong?
What makes it mighty to defy
The foes that round it throng?

It is not gold. Its kingdoms grand
Go down in battle ..........
New-year's Eve and New-year's Day
Votes: 3,  Rating: 4 , By Bessie Rayner Parkes
Good bye, Old Year!
And with thee take
Thanks for the gifts to every land
Thou broughtest in thy bounteous hand,
And all that thou hast taught to hearts thy lingering steps ..........
Holidays
Votes: 20,  Rating: 3.8 , By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The holiest of all holidays are those
Kept by ourselves in silence and apart;
The secret anniversaries of the heart,
When the full river of feeling overflows;--
The happy days unclouded ..........
The Holy Night
Votes: 5,  Rating: 3.8 , By Elizabeth Barrett Browning
We sate among the stalls at Bethlehem;
The dumb kine from their fodder turning them,
Softened their horned faces
To almost human gazes
Toward the newly Born:
The simple shepherds ..........
Thanksgiving
Votes: 6,  Rating: 3 , By Ella Wheeler Wilcox
We walk on starry fields of white
And do not see the daisies;
For blessings common in our sight
We rarely offer praises.
We sigh for some supreme delight
To crown our lives with ..........
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Before the Ice
Votes: 11,  Rating: 2.91 , By Emily Dickinson
"Before the ice is in the pools,
Before the skaters go,
Or any cheek at nightfall
Is tarnished by the snow,
Before the fields have finished,
Before the Christmas tree,
Wonder ..........
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