The Shortest Day

Dec 22, 2008 13:25

By Susan Cooper
And so the Shortest Day came and the year died
And everywhere down the centuries of the snow-white world
Came people singing, dancing,
To drive the dark away.
They lighted candles in the winter trees;
They hung their homes with evergreen;
They burned beseeching fires all night long
To keep the year alive.
And when the new year’s ( Read more... )

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temperance14 December 22 2008, 23:08:23 UTC
Thank you for posting this.

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schneekage December 22 2008, 23:18:14 UTC
WELCOME YULE!!!!

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isoteru December 23 2008, 06:06:12 UTC
Welcome Yule :D

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Belatedly... squeekiemouse April 17 2009, 04:31:23 UTC
Thats a really pretty poem, thanks for posting. : )

I hope I see you around campus more this quarter. I didn't nearly enough last quarter because I wasn't around very much. But this quarter I am!

hugs,
Mouse

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