Living
For This Christmas
From Armazindy (1894)
Living
Ye old-time stave that pealeth out
To Christmas revellers all,
At tavern-tap and wassail-bout,
And in ye banquet-hall.--
Whiles ye old burden rings again,
Add yet ye verse, as due:
"God bless you, merry gentlemen"--
And gentlewomen, too!
Cite this poem
MLA
Riley, James Whitcomb. “For This Christmas.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/riley/619/.
Chicago
Riley, James Whitcomb. “For This Christmas.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/riley/619/.
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