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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
HOLLY AND MISTLETOE, by SAM S. STIMSON First Line: Twin sisters of the yuletide, born and bred Last Line: Committed by frail mistress mistletoe? Subject(s): Holly; Mistletoe | |||
Twin sisters of the Yuletide, born and bred To tender sentiment of song and tale So young and yet so old through ages fled, Your advent we with acclamations hail. Sing ho! the tender Mistletoe so frail; Sing ho! the Holly. But, when all is said, Why is the fragile Mistletoe so pale, Why does her sister Holly blush so red? One bold, one modest, could there be than these Two sisters more unlike? Though both may grow To fair maturity on winter trees, And both with Yuletide spirit overflow, Does Mistress Holly blush for sins she sees Committed by frail Mistress Mistletoe? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MISTLETOE by MARY TUCKER LAMBERT UNDER THE MISTLETOE by GEORGE FRANCIS SHULTS MISTLETOE by JOHN BANISTER TABB IF SHE HAD BEEN THE MISTLETOE by EMILY DICKINSON HOMAGE TO SEXTUS PROPERTIUS: 10 by EZRA POUND THE KINGFISHER by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES ENGLAND'S DEAD by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS TO A STEAM ROLLER by MARIANNE MOORE TWICE by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI SONNET FOR A PICTURE by ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE ODE TO A LADY WHOSE LOVER WAS KILLED BY A BALL by GEORGE GORDON BYRON |
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