Minstrels a Christmas Poem by William Wordsworth

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William Wordsworth
Nationality - English
Lifespan - 1770 - 1850
Father - John Wordsworth, lawyer
Educated - Hawkeshead Grammar School and St Johns College Cambridge
Career - Poet and author

 

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Minstrels a Christmas Poem by William Wordsworth

Make it Snow !

The minstrels played their Christmas tune
To-night beneath my cottage-eaves;
While, smitten by a lofty moon,
The encircling laurels, thick with leaves,
Gave back a rich and dazzling sheen,
That overpowered their natural green.


Through hill and valley every breeze
Had sunk to rest with folded wings:
Keen was the air, but could not freeze,
Nor check, the music of the strings;
So stout and hardy were the band
That scraped the chords with strenuous hand.


And who but listened?--till was paid
Respect to every inmate's claim,
The greeting given, the music played
In honour of each household name,
Duly pronounced with lusty call,
And "Merry Christmas" wished to all. 


Minstrels a Christmas Poem by William Wordsworth

Minstrels a Christmas Poem by William Wordsworth