Twelve of our favorite Classic Christmas poems for the twelve days of the Christmas season…
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Twelfth Day of Christmas
Taking Down the Tree
Jane Kenyon
“Give me some light!” cries Hamlet’s
uncle midway through the murder
of Gonzago. “Light! Light!” cry scattering
courtesans. Here, as in Denmark,
it’s dark at four, and even the moon
shines with only half a heart.
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