tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post8879700968817740691..comments2024-03-28T05:13:13.921-04:00Comments on Books, Inq. — The Epilogue: Poetry and Christmas ...Frank Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18410473158808750903noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post-6149622994811450372007-12-24T21:24:00.000-05:002007-12-24T21:24:00.000-05:00Hi Joe,Passing it on from Carol Saba, who shared t...Hi Joe,<BR/><BR/>Passing it on from Carol Saba, who shared that very poem, here is a great critique of The Oxen at <A HREF="http://www.victorianweb.org/authors/hardy/poems/pva141.html" REL="nofollow">The Victorian Web</A>.<BR/><BR/>Also, on the "More holiday verse" link, I found the link that poetry is more of: <A HREF="http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/books/story/412594.html" REL="nofollow">Winter lights, winter nights</A><BR/><BR/>Merry Christmas.<BR/><BR/>Yours,<BR/>RusRus Bowdenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08412920154921512774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post-53077616552551620932007-12-24T20:40:00.000-05:002007-12-24T20:40:00.000-05:00Here is a terrific Christmas Poem by Thomas Hatdy,...Here is a terrific Christmas Poem by Thomas Hatdy,"The Oxen."<BR/><BR/>The Oxen <BR/> <BR/>Thomas Hardy (1915) <BR/> <BR/><BR/>Christmas Eve, and twelve of the clock.<BR/>“Now they are all on their knees,”<BR/>An elder said as we sat in a flock<BR/>By the embers in hearthside ease.<BR/><BR/>We pictured the meek mild creatures where<BR/>They dwelt in their strawy pen.<BR/>Nor did it occur to one of us there<BR/>To doubt they were kneeling then.<BR/><BR/>So fair a fancy few believe<BR/>In these years! Yet, I feel,<BR/>If someone said on Christmas Eve<BR/>“Come; see the oxen kneel<BR/><BR/>“In the lonely barton by yonder comb<BR/>Our childhood used to know,”<BR/>I should go with him in the gloom,<BR/>Hoping it might be so.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com