CHRISTMAS IN CALIFORNIA 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 ? Has Time grown sleepy at his post, And let the exiled Summer back, Or is it her regretful... Poems - Page 41by 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
...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 sun,...open window come, I send my thoughts afar, and let Them paint your Christmas Day at home. Glitter of ice, and glint of frost, And sparkles in the crusted... | |
| Edward Rowland Sill - 1889 - 122 pages
...in His good time, Worth more than all earth's joys to which we climb. CHRISTMAS IN CALIFORNIA. >] AN this be Christmas — sweet as May, With drowsy sun,...open window come, I send my thoughts afar, and let Them paint your Christmas Day at home. Glitter of ice, and glint of frost, And sparkles in the crusted... | |
| 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
...in His good time, Worth more than all earth's joys to which we climb. CHRISTMAS IN CALIFORNIA. []AN this be Christmas — sweet as May, With drowsy sun,...open window come, I send my thoughts afar, and let Them paint your Christmas Day at home. Glitter of ice, and glint of frost, And sparkles in the crusted... | |
| 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... | |
| 1901 - 514 pages
...said, with thought of his old Connecticut home and friends and the wintry atmosphere surrounding them: While wandering breaths of mignonette In at the open window come, I send my thoughts afar, and let Them paint your Christmas day at home. Glitter of ice, and glint of frost, And sparkles in the crusted... | |
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