First Line: THE SHORT AFTERNOON ENDS, AND THE YEAR IS OVER Last Line: US WHO NEED YOU, AND ARE AFFECTED BY YOUR FORTUNE; %US YOU SHOULD LOVE AND TO WHOM YOU SHOULD GIVE Y Subject(s): CHRISTMAS; HOLIDAYS; NEW YEAR;
Poem Sources:
CHRISTMAS POEMS. SELECTED AND EDITED BY JOHN HOLLANDER AND J.D. MCCLATCHY. HOLLANDER, JOHN (ED.) (1999)
COLLECTED POEMS. ANTHONY THWAITE (ED.) LARKIN, PHILIP (1989)
