Living
Christmas Greeting
From Riley Songs of Friendship (1915)
Living
A word of Godspeed and good cheer
To all on earth, or far or near,
Or friend or foe, or thine or mine--
In echo of the voice divine,
Heard when the star bloomed forth and lit
The world's face, with God's smile on it.
Cite this poem
MLA
Riley, James Whitcomb. “Christmas Greeting.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/riley/296/.
Chicago
Riley, James Whitcomb. “Christmas Greeting.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/riley/296/.
Read this poem with the Codex →