A Christmas Carol by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
A speaker hears street musicians playing Christmas songs and calls for singing by the fire through the night. The verses recall shepherds caroling where the Babe was born, describe washerwomen singing by cold rivers, and contrast fireside cheer with the discomfort of cold hands.
By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · Genre: Poetry, Christmas Literature · 384 words
First lines
From the Noei Bourguignon de Gui Barozai
I hear along our street / Pass the minstrel throngs; / Hark! they play so sweet, / On their hautboys, Christmas songs! / Let us by the fire / Ever higher / Sing them till the night expire!
Genres
- Poetry — Rhyming stanzas repeat a three-line refrain calling for singing by the fire through the night.
- Christmas Literature — Christmas songs link street musicians, shepherds at the Babe's birthplace, and singers seeking warmth.
Tags
Christmas carols · street musicians · fireside singing · nativity · winter cold
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- Work type: Poem
- Author: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- Date: Date unknown
- Language: English
- Genres: Poetry, Christmas Literature
- Length: 384 words
- Structure: 1 section, 8 paragraphs
- Reading fit: Easy (6th Grade)
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