Poetry Moore, Clement C: A Visit from Saint Nicholas (Illustrated), v.1, 3 Dec 2007.

[Patricia]

A Christmas poem.
Illustrations by F O C Darley.


Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house
Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse;
The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,
In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there;
The children were nestled all snug in their beds,
While visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads;
And mamma in her kerchief, and I in my cap,
Had just settled our brains for a long winter’s nap--

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