 Has Time grown sleepy at his post, And let the exiled Summer back, Or is it her regretful ghost, Or witchcraft of the almanac ? While wandering breaths of mignonette In at the open window come, I send my thoughts afar, and let Them paint your Christmas...  Poems - Page 33by Edward Rowland Sill - 1887 - 112 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1906 - 858 pages
...almost poetic, love for his early home. New England can always claim him proudly. The poem begins : "Can this be Christmas — sweet as May, With drowsy sun,...pointing out the way For flowers to follow, everywhere?" Then follows a delightful comparison of Christmas west and a typical New England Christmas that rings... | |
 | Edward Rowland Sill - 1887 - 134 pages
...belief in His good time, Worth more than all earth's joys to which we climb. CHRISTMAS IN CALIFORNIA. i] AN this be Christmas — sweet as May, With drowsy...afar, and let Them paint your Christmas Day at home. Glitter of ice, and glint of frost, And sparkles in the crusted snow ; And hark ! the dancing sleigh-bells,... | |
 | Edward Rowland Sill - 1889 - 122 pages
...dreams, Lulling to holier ones — that dies afar On the deep night, as if by silver beams Claspt-to the trembling breast of some charmed star. And we...afar, and let Them paint your Christmas Day at home. Glitter of ice, and glint of frost, And sparkles in the crusted snow; And hark ! the dancing sleigh-bells,... | |
 | Oakland (Calif.). First Unitarian Church. Ladies - 1891 - 108 pages
...When shall we grieve, if grieve we must ?• To-morrow, oh, to-morrow." CHRISTMAS IN CALIFORNIA. Can this be Christmas — sweet as May, With drowsy sun,...her regretful ghost, Or witchcraft of the almanac ? Before me, on the wide, warm bay, A million azure ripples run ; Round me the sprouting palm-shoots... | |
 | Edward Rowland Sill - 1893 - 124 pages
...troubled dreams, Lulling to holier ones — that dies afar On the deep night, as if by silver beams Claspt to the trembling breast of some charmed star....afar, and let Them paint your Christmas Day at home. Glitter of ice, and glint of frost, And sparkles in the crusted snow; And hark ! the dancing sleigh-bells,... | |
 | 1893 - 106 pages
...sorrow, When shall we grieve, if grieve we must? To-morrow, oh, to-morrow." CHRISTMAS IN CALIFORNIA. Can this be Christmas — sweet as May, With drowsy sun,...her regretful ghost, Or witchcraft of the almanac ? Before me, on the wide, warm bay, A million azure ripples run ; Round me the sprouting palm-shoots... | |
 | Emma Forbes Cary - 1893 - 294 pages
...Verse. The salvation of our God. Answer. Alleluia, Alleluia. NONE : CHEISTMAS DAY. [BEEVIAEY.] Can this be Christmas — sweet as May, With drowsy sun...pointing out the way For flowers to follow, everywhere ? Before me, on the wide, warm bay, A million azure ripples run ; Round me the sprouting palm-shoots... | |
 | Eva V. Carlin - 1898 - 116 pages
...Mistletoe. Wild Cat Creek. Laurel. Along Strawberry Creek, and climbs in dwarf form to top of Grizzly. Can this be Christmas — sweet as May, With drowsy sun...pointing out the way For flowers to follow, everywhere ? EDWARD ROWLAND SILL. Before beginning, and without an end, As space eternal and as surety sure, Is... | |
 | Eva V. Carlin - 1898 - 116 pages
...Laurel. Along Strawberry Creek, and climbs in dwarf form to top of Grizzly. Can this be Christmas—sweet as May, With drowsy sun and dreamy air, And new grass...pointing out the way For flowers to follow, everywhere ? EDWARD ROWLAND SILL. Before beginning, and without an end, As space eternal and as surety sure, Is... | |
 | Maud Going - 1899 - 434 pages
..." new heavens and the new earth " wherein shall dwell righteousness. CHAPTER XVII MARTINMAS SUMMER Has time grown sleepy at his post And let the exiled...her regretful ghost Or witchcraft of the almanac? — ER Sill. THE still, sunny fall days are the serene old age of summer. In them they year seems to... | |
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