The Night Before Christmas and Other Poems

by Clement Clarke Moore, Thomas Hardy, Emily Brontë, William Wordsworth, Ralph Waldo Emerson

Overview

Enjoy the classic 'The Night Before Christmas' and selection of other wonderfully festive poems in this elegant hardback collection, complete with gilded page edges and full-color illustrations.

This fantastically festive collection showcases Clement Clarke Moore's timeless Christmas poem along with Arthur Rackham's illustrations from the classic 1931 edition. Inside, you will also find various other heartwarming works such as Ralph Waldo Emerson's 'The Snow-Storm', and John Clare's 'December'.

Accompanied by charmingly vintage illustrations throughout, this pocket-sized gift edition is, presented with a foil embossed cover design, ivory pages, beautifully designed endpapers and gilded page edges. Part of the Arcturus Ornate Classics series, this book makes a wonderful gift for any lover of these classic Christmas poems.

ABOUT THE SERIES: Arcturus Ornate Classics are beautifully bound editions of iconic literary works across history. These compact, foil-embossed hardbacks are printed using deluxe ivory paper and make the perfect gift.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781398843134
Publisher:	Arcturus Publishing Limited
Publication date:	10/01/2024
Series:	Arcturus Ornate Classics , #45
Pages:	144
Product dimensions:	4.13(w) x 6.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Clement Clarke Moore (1779-1863) was an American writer and professor of Oriental and Greek literature. He is best-known for the classic Christmas poem 'A Visit from St. Nicholas' (later known as 'Twas the Night Before Christmas'), which was first published anonymously in 1823.

Other featured poets include Thomas Hardy, Ralph Waldo Emerson, William Wordsworth, Robert Louis Stevenson, Emily Brontë, William Shakespeare, John Keats, Walt Whiteman and Emily Dickinson.

Arthur Rackham (1867-1939) was a leading English illustrator celebrated for his work on children's books, particularly fairy tales. His whimsical and quirky designs including watercolours and line drawings have become synonymous with many of literature's greatest works such as The Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm and 'The Night Before Christmas'.

Table of Contents

Introduction
The Night Before Christmas by Clement Clarke Moore
Ceremonies for Christmas Robert Herrick..........38
Give Me Holly by Christina Rossetti
The Snow-Storm by Ralph Waldo Emerson
The Hanging of the Holly by Clinton Scollard
The Oxen by Thomas Hardy
The Darkling Thrush by Thomas Hardy
Minstrels by William Wordsworth
Winter Morning by Alexander Pushkin
Christmas Time by John Clare
Old Santeclaus by Anonymous
The Twelve Days of Christmas by Anonymous
Ring Out, Wild Bells by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Lordings, Listen to Our Lay by Anonymous
Jest 'Fore Christmas by Eugene Field
Spellbound by Emily Brontë
Christmas at Sea by Robert Louis Stevenson
Winter-Time by Robert Louis Stevenson
Woods in Winter by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Snow-flakes by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The Meeting by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
A Song of Christmas by Katharine Tynan
Signs of Christmas by Edwin Lees
Our Joyful Feast by George Wither
Now Winter Nights Enlarge by Thomas Campion
To Mrs K____, On Her Sending Me an English Christmas Plum-Cake at Paris by Helen Maria Williams
The Truce of Christmas by G. K. Chesterton
A Christmas Song for Three Guilds by G. K. Chesterton
A Child of the Snows by G. K. Chesterton
The House of Christmas by G. K. Chesterton
To M. E. W. by G. K. Chesterton
Winter Evening from "The Task" by William Cowper
"Blow. Blow, thou winter wind" by William Shakespeare
Before the Ice is in the Pools by Emily Dickinson
In Drear Nighted December by John Keats
To a Locomotive in by Winter Walt Whitman
London Snow by Robert Bridges