Christmas by Marie Van Vorst (1903)
The speaker offers a beloved one a Christmas song filled with holly, fragrant trees, festive crowds, snow-covered fields, frost-lined hedges, and misty white stars. Amid winter’s cold and strong winds, Christmas arrives as a warm, glowing, star-blest and Christ-blest gift, bringing comfort over pain and wrong.
By Marie Van Vorst · First published 1903 · Genre: Christmas Poetry, Lyric Poetry, Love Poetry · 125 words
First lines
Dearest. for thee I make my Christmas song! / A song of holly and of fragrant tree, / Of festivals, that sweep their happy throng, / Dearest, for thee!
Look. how the folding snow is on the lea; / See the fine hoar frost lie the hedge along / And the white holy stars shine mistily. / A Christmas gift held high, though winds are strong, / A warm and glowing gift, though ice may be, / Comes star-blest, Christ-blest, over pain and wrong, / Dearest, for thee!
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- Work type: Poem
- Author: Marie Van Vorst
- Date: 1903 CE
- Language: English
- Genres: Christmas Poetry, Lyric Poetry, Love Poetry, Religious Poetry, Seasonal Poetry
- Length: 125 words
- Structure: 1 section, 2 paragraphs
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Genres
- Christmas Poetry — The poem explicitly celebrates Christmas through imagery of holly, festive crowds, snow, stars, gifts, and Christian blessing.
- Lyric Poetry — It is a short, musical, emotionally expressive poem addressed directly to a beloved, emphasizing personal feeling rather than narrative action.
- Love Poetry — The repeated address 'Dearest, for thee' frames the Christmas song and gift imagery as an affectionate offering to a loved person.
- Religious Poetry — References to 'Christ-blest,' holy stars, and Christmas as a sacred gift give the poem a clear Christian devotional dimension.
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fiction · short novel · holiday literature · romance · family relationships · social class · wealth · marriage · love · domestic life · New York society · American literature