The Poet's Calendar: 12 - December

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Riding upon the Goat, with snow-white hair,
I come, the last of all.  This crown of mine
Is of the holly; in my hand I bear
The thyrsus, tipped with fragrant cones of pine.
I celebrate the birth of the Divine,
And the return of the Saturnian reign;—
My songs are carols sung at every shrine,
Proclaiming “Peace on earth, good will to men.”

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