Veronica Cline Barton
Dec 20, 20232 min
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HO-HO-HO! 🎀🎄 Just a few more days before the merriest day of the year arrives. For this special edition Christmas post, I wanted to share a holiday favorite poem penned by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Its words reflect the angst and beauty of this turbulent world, and brings to me the hope of the season. Wishing you and yours a peaceful, joyful, loving day. MERRY CHRISTMAS!
I heard the bells on Christmas Day
 Their old, familiar carols play,
 And wild and sweet
 The words repeat
 Of peace on earth, good-will to men!
And thought how, as the day had come,
 The belfries of all Christendom
 Had rolled along
 The unbroken song
 Of peace on earth, good-will to men!
Till ringing, singing on its way,
 The world revolved from night to day,
 A voice, a chime,
 A chant sublime
 Of peace on earth, good-will to men!
Then from each black, accursed mouth
 The cannon thundered in the South,
 And with the sound
 The carols drowned
 Of peace on earth, good-will to men!
It was as if an earthquake rent
 The hearth-stones of a continent,
 And made forlorn
 The households born
 Of peace on earth, good-will to men!
And in despair I bowed my head;
 "There is no peace on earth," I said;
 "For hate is strong,
 And mocks the song
 Of peace on earth, good-will to men!"
Then pealed the bells more loud and deep:
 "God is not dead, nor doth He sleep;
 The Wrong shall fail,
 The Right prevail,
 With peace on earth, good-will to men."
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Peace and Love, Friends
Veronica
🎀MERRY CHRISTMAS 🎄
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P.S. 'Tis the season for winter reading and books make the perfect gift! Stay tuned for next week's post--it's my top reads for 2023, I can't wait for you to meet the authors and read their books! I also wanted to give a shoutout to the 2022 authors (Bibiana Krall, Cathleen Maza, John Dolan, H.E. Wilburson, John Anthony Miller) whose books captured my fancy last year. Pssst, they all had new releases too--time to load up the 2024 TBR (their links are in the post)! Gemma and Rikkhe approve 🎀👑
Veronica's #WritersDiary: My Top Reads of 2022! (veronicaclinebarton.com)