https://www.carols.org.uk/christmas_poem.htm

1<html><head><link rel="alternate" media="only screen and (max-width: 640px)"
2      href="https://m.carols.org.uk/christmas_poem.htm"><title>CHRISTMAS POEMS ***</title><meta name="keywords" content="christmas,xmas,poem,poems,poet,lyrics,christian"><meta name="description" content="The lyrics and origins of the most popular Christmas poems are included on this site"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=windows-1252">

2<script src="rainbow.js"></script>

2
3
4
5
6
7
8<meta name=viewport content="user-scalable=no">

8<script src="https://apis.google.com/js/platform.js" async defer></script>

8
9
10

11<script type="text/javascript">document.documentElement.addEventListener("touchstart",function(a){if(a.touches.length>1){a.preventDefault()}},false);var lastTouchEnd=0;document.documentElement.addEventListener("touchend",function(b){var a=(new Date()).getTime();if(a-lastTouchEnd<=300){b.preventDefault()}lastTouchEnd=a},false);</script>

11
12
13
14
15
16<script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=

16UA-600339-6

16"></script>

17<script>
18  

18window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || [];
19  function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);}
20  gtag('js', new Date());
21
22  gtag('config', '

22UA-600339-6

22');

23</script>

23
24
25
26

27<script async src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-2529405258284775"
28     crossorigin="anonymous"></script>

28
29
30</head><body bgcolor="#222222" vlink="#EEEEEE" alink="#DDDDDD" link="#EEEEEE"><div id="LeftFloatAds" style="Left: 6px; position: fixed; text-align: center; top: 24px;"><div align="left"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="300" id="table1"><tr><td height="600"><div align="center"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="300" height="600" id="table10"><tr><td>

30<script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>

30
31<ins class="adsbygoogle"
32     style="display:inline-block;width:300px;height:600px"
33     data-ad-region="test"
34     data-ad-client="ca-pub-2529405258284775"
35     data-ad-slot="9639131098"></ins>

35<script>
36(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});
37</script>

37
38
39						</td></tr></table></div></td></tr><tr><td height="30"></td></tr><tr><td><div align="right"><table border="0" width="250" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" height="25"><tr><td width="140"><div class="fb-like" data-href="https://www.carols.org.uk" data-width="100" data-layout="button_count" data-action="like" data-show-faces="false" data-share="false"></div></td><td width="110"><div class="g-plusone" data-size="medium"></div></td></tr></table></div></td></tr><tr><td height="30"></td></tr><tr><td height="90"><div align="center"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="300" height="100"><tr><td><div align="center">

39<script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>

39
40<ins class="adsbygoogle"
41     style="display:block; text-align:center;"
42     data-ad-layout="in-article"
43     data-ad-format="fluid"
44     data-ad-client="ca-pub-2529405258284775"
45     data-ad-slot="7545734252"></ins>

45<script>
46     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});
47</script>

47
48</div></td></tr></table></div></td></tr><tr><td height="30"><p align="center"></td></tr><tr><td height="165"><p align="center"><img border="0" src="1n.png" width="300" height="165"></td></tr><tr><td height="30">&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td height="90"><div align="center"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="200" height="90"><tr><td>

48<script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>

48
49<ins class="adsbygoogle"
50     style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:90px"
51     data-ad-region="test"
52     data-ad-client="ca-pub-2529405258284775"
53     data-ad-slot="6406463091"></ins>

53<script>
54(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});
55</script>

55
56
57
58
59
60						</td></tr></table></div></td></tr><tr><td height="30">&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td height="165"><img border="0" src="1d.png" width="300" height="165"></td></tr></table></div></div><div align="center"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#222222"><tr><td valign="top" height="2"></td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><div align="center"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" id="table1" bgcolor="#222222"><tr><td width="304" background="images/lights-test.jpg"></td><td bgcolor="#333333" bordercolor="#222222" style="border: 1px solid #CCCCCC"><div align="center"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="98%" id="table2" height="15"><tr><td height="76"><div align="center"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" height="100" id="table3"><tr><td valign="bottom"><h1 align="center"><font face="Arial" color="#C0C0C0">Christmas Poems</font></h1></td></tr></table></div></td></tr><tr><td height="15"></td></tr><tr><td height="200" valign="top"><div align="center"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" height="200"><tr><td><p align="justify"><font color="#CCCCCC" face="Arial">The Christmas Poems that have been selected are very traditional and are dated as far back as the 14th century. Many of the Christmas Carols detailed on the appropriate section on this site were originally written as Christmas Poems but be

60came Christmas Carols when music was added to them!</font></p></td><td width="220" valign="middle"><p align="center"><img border="0" src="images/carols.jpg" width="148" height="200"></td></tr></table></div></td></tr><tr><td height="15"></td></tr><tr><td height="100"><div align="center"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="80%" height="100"><tr><td>

60<script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>

60
61<ins class="adsbygoogle"
62     style="display:block"
63     data-ad-client="ca-pub-2529405258284775"
64     data-ad-slot="3367759492"
65     google_ad_region="test"
66     data-ad-format="auto"></ins>

66<script>
67(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});
68</script>

68
69
70
71									</td></tr></table></div></td></tr><tr><td height="15"></td></tr><tr><td><table border="0" align="left" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%"><tr><td width="80"></td><td><table border="0" width="242" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" height="50" align="left"><tr><td width="10">&nbsp;</td><td background="images/button2.gif" width="222"><p align="center"><font face="Arial"><a href="./">Christmas Carols Index</a></font></td><td width="10">&nbsp;</td></tr></table><table border="0" width="242" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" height="50" align="left"><tr><td width="10">&nbsp;</td><td background="images/button2.gif" width="222"><p align="center"><font face="Arial"><a href="christmas_poem.htm">Christmas Poems</a></font></td><td width="10">&nbsp;</td></tr></table><table border="0" width="242" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" height="50" align="left"><tr><td width="10">&nbsp;</td><td background="images/button2.gif" width="222"><p align="center"><font face="Arial"><a href="christmas-jokes/">Christmas Jokes</a></font></td><td width="10">&nbsp;</td></tr></table><table border="0" width="242" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" height="50" align="left"><tr><td width="10">&nbsp;</td><td background="images/button2.gif" width="222"><p align="center"><font face="Arial"><a href="christmas-quiz.htm">Christmas Quiz</a></font></td><td width="10">&nbsp;</td></tr></table><table border="0" width="242" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" height="50" align="left"><tr><td width="10">&nbsp;</td><td background="images/button2.gif" width="222"><p align="center"><font face="Arial"><a href="christmas_songs_index.htm">Christmas Songs index</a></font></td><td width="10">&nbsp;</td></tr></table><table border="0" width="242" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" height="50" align="left"><tr><td width="10">&nbsp;</td><td background="images/button2.gif" width="222"><p align="center"><a href="index-new-carols.htm"><font face="Arial">More Christmas Carols!</font></a></td><td width="10">&nbsp;</td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p>&nbsp;</p><div align="center">&nbsp;</div><face="Times New Roman"><p align="center"><font face="Arial"><a href="twas_the_night_before_christmas.htm">T'was the Night before Christmas a poem by Clement Clarke Moore</a></font><p align="center"><font face="Arial"><a href="santa-claus-poem.htm">Santa Claus Poem and Video - Santa Claus And His Works</a></font><p align="center"><font face="Arial"><a href="a_christmas_carol_chesterton.htm">A Christmas Carol a poem by G.K.Chesterton</a></font><p align="center"><font face="Arial"><a href="a_christmas_carol_samuel_taylor_coleridge.htm">A Christmas Carol a poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge</a></font><p align="center"><font face="Arial"><a href="christmas_bells_longfellow.htm">Christmas Bells a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow</a></font><p align="center"><font face="Arial"><a href="marmion_sir_walter_scott.htm">Marmion a Christmas poem by Sir Walter Scott</a></font><p align="center"><font face="Arial"><a href="nativity_poem_john_donne.htm">Nativity a Christmas Poem by John Donne</a></font><p align="center"><font face="Arial"><a href="the_three_kings_longfellow.htm">The Three Kings a Christmas poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow</a></font><h2 align="center"><span style="font-weight: 400"><font size="3" face="Arial"><a href="morning-christs-nativity_poem_john_milton.htm">On the Morning of Christ's Nativity Christmas Poem by John Milton</a></font></span></h2><h2 align="center"><span style="font-weight: 400"><font size="3" face="Arial"><a href="minstrels_william_wordsworth.htm">Minstrels a Christmas Poem by William Wordsworth</a></font></span></h2><h2 align="center"><span style="font-weight: 400"><font size="3" face="Arial"><a href="mistletoe-walter-de-la-mare.htm">Mistletoe a Christmas poem by Walter de la Mare</a></font></span></h2><h2 align="center"><span style="font-weight: 400"><font size="3" face="Arial"><a href="christmas-cheer-thomas-tusser.htm">Christmas Cheer a Christmas poem by Thomas Tusser</a></font></span></h2><h2 align="center"><span style="font-weight: 400"><font size="3" face="Arial"><a href="foolish-fir-tree-henry-van-dyck.htm">The Foolish Fir-Tree a Christmaspoem by Henry Van Dyke</a></font></span></h2><h2 align="center"><span style="font-weight: 400"><font size="3" face="Arial"><a href="in-the-holy-nativity-of-our-lord-richard-crashaw.htm">In the Holy Nativity of our Lord a Christmas poem by Richard Crashaw</a></font></span></h2><h2 align="center"><span style="font-weight: 400"><font size="3" face="Arial"><a href="christs-nativity_poem_henry_vaughn.htm">Christ's Nativity a Christmas poem by Henry Vaughan</a></font></span></h2><h2 align="center"><span style="font-weight: 400"><font size="3" face="Arial"><a href="the-burning-babe-robert-southwell.htm">The Burning Babe a Christmas poem by Robert Southwell</a></font></span></h2><h2 align="center"><span style="font-weight: 400"><font size="3" face="Arial"><a href="new-prince-new-pomp-robert-southwell.htm">New Prince, New Pomp a Christmas poem by Robert Southwell</a></font></span></h2><h2 align="center"><span style="font-weight: 400"><a href="a-christmas-carol-george-wither.htm"><font size="3" face="Arial">A Christmas Carol a Christmas poem by George Wither</font></a></span></h2><h2 align="center"><span style="font-weight: 400"><font size="3" face="Arial"><a href="ceremonies-for-christmas-carol-robert-herrick.htm">Ceremonies for Christmas a Christmas poem by Robert Herrick</a></font></span></h2><h2 align="center"><span style="font-weight: 400"><font size="3" face="Arial"><a href="ring-out-loud-bells-tennyson.htm">Ring out, wild bells - Christmas Poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson</a></font></span></h2><h2 align="center"><span style="font-weight: 400"><font size="3" face="Arial"><a href="the-oxen-thomas-hardy.htm">The Oxen - Christmas Poem by Thomas Hardy</a></font></span></h2><h2 align="center"><span style="font-weight: 400"><font face="Arial" size="3"><a href="the_little_match_seller_hans_christian_anderson.htm">The Little Match Seller - a Christmas Story by Hans Christian Anderson</a></font></span></h2><h2 align="center"><span style="font-weight: 400"><font size="3" face="Arial"><a href="christmas-at-fezziwigs-warehouse-charles-dickens.htm">Christmas at Fezziwig's Warehouse - Story by Charles Dickens</a></font></span></h2><h2 align="center"><span style="font-weight: 400"><font size="3" face="Arial">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="the_fir_tree_by_hans_christian_anderson.htm">The Fir Tree Christmas Story by Hans Christian&nbsp;&nbsp; Anderson</a></font></span></h2><h2 align="center"><span style="font-weight: 400"><font face="Arial" size="3">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="auld_lang_syne_burns.htm">Auld Lang Syne a poem for New Year&nbsp; / Hogmanay by Robert Burns</a></font></span></h2><p align="justify"><span style="font-weight: 400"><font color="#CCCCCC" face="Arial" size="3">The Christmas Poems that have been included never actually had music added to them so are therefore not very well known but nonetheless deserve a section of their own.</font></span>

71<p align="justify"><span style="font-weight: 400"><font color="#CCCCCC" face="Arial" size="3">The most famous of the Christmas Poems listed is </font><font face="Arial" color="#336699" size="3"><a href="twas_the_night_before_christmas.htm">"Twas the Night Before Christmas"</a> </font><font face="Arial" color="#CCCCCC" size="3">by Clement Clarke Moore traditionally read to children on Christmas Eve.</font></span><p align="justify"><span style="font-weight: 400"><font face="Arial" color="#CCCCCC" size="3">One of the earliest poets included is John Donne who was born in 1572 and is represented by one of his Christmas poems called the </font></span><b><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font><span style="font-weight: 400"><font color="#336699" face="Arial" size="3"><a href="nativity_poem_john_donne.htm">"Nativity"</a></font></span><font face="Arial" color="#CCCCCC" size="3"><span style="font-weight: 400">.</span></font></b><h2 align="justify"><b><font face="Arial" color="#CCCCCC" size="3"><span style="font-weight: 400">The most famous poet listed is Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and two of his finest Christmas poems have therefore been included. The titles of these Christmas poems are topically called &quot;Christmas Bells&quot; and </span></font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font><span style="font-weight: 400"><font color="#336699" face="Arial" size="3"><a href="the_three_kings_longfellow.htm">"</a></font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><font face="Arial" color="#336699"><a href="the_three_kings_longfellow.htm">The Three Kings"</a></font><font color="#CCCCCC" face="Arial" size="3">. We have two authors better known perhaps for the their larger literary works - G. K. Chesterton who is one of the several famous authors who have increased the number of Christmas poems entitled </font><font color="#336699" face="Arial" size="3"><a href="a_christmas_carol_chesterton.htm">"A Christmas Carol"</a></font><font color="#CCCCCC" face="Arial" size="3">. The other literary genius is Hans Christian Anderson whose short story </font><font face="Arial" color="#336699" size="3"><a href="the_little_match_seller_hans_christian_anderson.htm">"The Little Match Seller"</a> </font><font face="Arial" color="#CCCCCC" size="3">is included as it is very short and would be almost criminal not to include on any site focussing on Christmas poems and its associated literature. </font></font></span></b></h2><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><h2 align="center"><font face="Arial" size="4" color="#CCCCCC"><b>Christmas Poems</b></font></h2></font><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="307" align="right" height="260" id="table6"><tr><td valign="top"><div align="right"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="300" height="250" id="table7"><tr><td>

71<script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>

71
72<ins class="adsbygoogle"
73     style="display:inline-block;width:300px;height:250px"
74     data-ad-client="ca-pub-2529405258284775"
75     data-ad-slot="7574825098"></ins>

75<script>
76(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});
77</script>

77
78
79</td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table><div align="center"><table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" height="141" id="table31" bordercolor="#666666" width="260"><tr><td><iframe width="258" height="146" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/IGuV0LqP4FI?rel=0&amp;hd=1 &amp;controls=0" frameborder="0" name="I1"  ></iframe></td></tr></table></div><p align="center"><b><font face="Arial" size="5" color="#C0C0C0">Christmas Poems</font></b></td></tr><tr><td height="34"><div align="center"><table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" height="32" bordercolor="#333333" id="table9"><tr><td width="20%"><p align="center"><font color="#EEEEEE" face="Arial"><a rel="nofollow" href="copyright.htm">© 2017 Siteseen</a></font></td><td width="20%"><p align="center"><font color="#EEEEEE" face="Arial"><a rel="nofollow" href="cookie-policy.htm">Cookies Policy</a></font></td><td width="20%"><p align="center"></td><td width="20%"><p align="center"><font face="Arial"><a href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/+LindaAlchin/about?rel=author"><font color="#EEEEEE">By Linda Alchin</font></a></font></td><td width="20%"><p align="center"><font color="#EEEEEE" face="Arial"><a rel="nofollow" href="privacy_statement.htm">Privacy Statement</a></font></td></tr></table></div></td></tr><tr><td height="10"></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div></div><div id="fb-root"></div>

79<script>(function(d, s, id) {
80  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];
81  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;
82  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;
83  js.src = "//connect.facebook.net/en_GB/all.js#xfbml=1";
84  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);
85}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));</script>

85
86
87
88
89

90<script type="text/javascript">
91var infolinks_pid = 2468698;
92var infolinks_wsid = 51;
93</script>

93

94<script type="text/javascript" src="//resources.infolinks.com/js/infolinks_main.js"></script>

94
95
96
97
98

99<script type="text/javascript" defer>
100    window.cookieconsent_options = {"message":"This website uses cookies to ensure you get the best experience on our website","dismiss":"Got it!","learnMore":"More info","link":"https://www.carols.org.uk/cookie-policy.htm","theme":"dark-bottom"};
101</script>

101
102

103<script type="text/javascript" src="//cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/cookieconsent2/1.0.9/cookieconsent.min.js"></script>

103
104</body></html>