THE white trees for Christmas They light the short day, Pear-bloom and cherry-bloom, White lilac and May, In lace and frozen silver, As fair as brides be, And white bloom at Christmas Makes many a Christmas Tree. And what shall hang the branches Of trees white as snow? Strings of pearls and crystals And diamonds arow. And He will laugh to see them, The Babe of little price, Whose toys are moons and planets On Trees of Paradise. Here let us hang to please Him The Gifts the Kings bring: The nard, the gold, the silver, And for a Baby Thing, The gifts of simple Shepherds, A ball, a pipe to blow, The pretty sheep and oxen, The stable in the snow. Light up with lamps all burning Cold branches above The hearts of men adoring That are consumed with love! The hair of Mother Mary To weave a gold nest: The wings of small angels And the Stars for the rest. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ROAST LEVIATHAN by LOUIS UNTERMEYER MERCILES BEAUTE; A TRIPLE ROUNDEL: 2. REJECTION by GEOFFREY CHAUCER IN ROMNEY MARSH by JOHN DAVIDSON THE WAVING OF THE CORN by SIDNEY LANIER THE MALDIVE SHARK by HERMAN MELVILLE THE CITY CHILD by ALFRED TENNYSON TO DR. AIKIN ON HIS COMPLAINING THAT SHE NEGLECTED HIM by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD |