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...volunteers bring you nine different readings of Clement C. Moore's 'Twas the Night Before Christmas , a weekly poetry project. (Summary by Annie Coleman)...

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...THE SONNET Give those Immortals who’ve become swollen With pride, the benefit of the doubt, ‘Twas through their doings that they have fallen, This is what their sojourn was e’er about. Yearnings of going back to their own sphere, Within themselves intensely they’ve carried, Ad infinitum bound to interfere, In ...

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...volunteers bring you 24 recordings of A Visit From Saint Nicholas by Clement Clarke Moore. More commonly known today as 'Twas the Night Before Christmas. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for December 13th, 2009....

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... ‘TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS’ 5 THE CHRISTMAS STAR 8 LITTLE DONKEY 11 THE CHRISTMAS STORY OF THE BIRTH 13 AWAY IN A MANGER 16 SILENT NIGHT 17 THE HISTORY OF THE CHRISTMAS TREE 18 O CHRISTMAS TREE 21 O CHRISTMAS TRE...

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...m and makes him of his bed-chamber, Puts to him all the learnings that his time Could make him the receiver of; which he took, As we do air, fast as ?twas minister?d, And in?s spring became a harvest, lived in court-- Which rare it is to do--most praised, most loved, A sample to the youngest, to the more mature A glass that feated them, and to the graver A child that guide...

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...s time Could make him the receiver of; which he took, As we do air, fast as ’twas minister’d, And in’s spring became a harvest, lived in court— Which ... ... with manners, ask what was the differ ence? Frenchman: Safely, I think: ’twas a contention in public, which may, without contradiction, suffer the... ...ing’s in Europe. I do think I saw’t this morning: confident I am Last night ’twas on mine arm; I kiss’d it: I hope it be not gone to tell my lord That... ...e snatches in his voice, And burst of speaking, were as his: I am absolute ’Twas very Cloten. ARVIRAGUS: In this place we left them... ...thought I was a cave keeper, And cook to honest creatures: but ’tis not so; ’Twas but a bolt of nothing, shot at nothing, Which the brain makes of fum... ...’d to utter that Which torments me to conceal. By villany I got this ring: ’twas Leonatus’ jewel; Whom thou didst banish; and—which more may grieve t... ...the clock That struck the hour!—it was in Rome,—accursed The mansion where!—’twas at a feast,—O, would Our viands had been poison’d, or at least Those... ...ay me: every villain Be call’d Posthumus Leonitus; and Be villany less than ’twas! O Imogen! My queen, my life, my wife! O Imogen, Imogen, Imogen! IMO... ...beaten for loyalty Excited me to treason: their dear loss, The more of you ’twas felt, the more it shaped Unto my end of stealing them. But, gracious...

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... them. Pretty children they all were, but the prettiest was the youngest daughter, who was so lovely there was no end to her loveliness. So one day, ’twas on a Thursday evening late at the fall of the year, the weather was so wild and rough outside, and it was so cruelly dark, and rain fell and wind blew, till the walls of the cottage shook again. There they all sat round ...

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... 1161 OF BENEDICT ARNOLD And victory coming down, Victory, Vic- tory! 'Twas I that saved them! Yes, 'twas I that saved you - Ye little wranglers... ...the cost, File my accounts and give me promises,- Hopes for next year. 'Twas not in coin like that I paid at Saratoga! Treason. Benedict ! Arno... ...y husband you have not been forth! After the sullen fever you have had 'Twas most unwise. - [Pause.] You have been grieved, and wear the ashen l... ...enemy; - It is the same, both pal and enemy Give me a fit of trembling. 'Twas not so; Yet as the years decline our nerves grow sick: I dread it m... ...old. They must pet me then, t To show that loyal treason reaps reward. 'Twas policy, not liking for my face, That made King George so sweet. What...

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...re really something else the way you handled my brother tonight." "Not I. 'Twas you who was something else." Kane grinned. "I never had a woman defend...

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...a sigh of relief until the pounding resumed. Her relief turned into anger. ‘Twas the middle of the night! Who would bother me at this late hour? ... ...n said with a warmth that she had never before shown the street rat. “Nay. ‘Twas nothing.” It was obvious that the other girl didn’t want praises ...

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...day we were married.” “At half-past ten in the mornin,’“ he finished. “‘Twas rainin,’ as I recall.” “Poor Daniel. It must be all those roman... ...e poteen and presented it to him. “You keep it, man. Didn’t I always say ‘twas a miracle? But God or poteen, ‘twill make no difference in the end...

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...rs in the contraction of a word, or of figures in a number: ne'er, don't, 'twas, "takin' me 'at;" m'f'g ; the class of '96 (see 1x0). 148. The pos...

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...nd the turtle’s loyal breast To eternity doth rest, Leaving no posterity: ‘Twas not their infirmity, It was married chastity. Truth may seem, but cann...

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...t: Then all averred, I had killed the bird That brought the fog and mist. ’Twas right, said they, such birds to slay, That bring the fog and mist. The... ... burst Into that silent sea. Down dropt the breeze, the sails dropt down, ’Twas sad as sad could be; And we did speak only to break The silence of the... ...ought to me. “I fear thee, ancient Mariner!” Be calm, thou Wedding Guest! ’Twas not those souls that fled in pain, Which to their corses came again, B... ...w they seemed to fill the sea and air With their sweet jargoning! And now ’twas like all instruments, Now like a lonely flute; And now it is an angel’... ... trance is abated. I woke, and we were sailing on As in a gentle weather: ’Twas night, calm night, the Moon was high; The dead men stood together. All... ... O Wedding Guest! this soul hath been Alone on a wide wide sea: So lonely ’twas, that God himself Scarce seemed there to be. O sweeter than the marria...

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...And thus together—yet apart, Fetter’d in hand, but join’d in heart, ’Twas still some solace in the dearth Of the pure elements of earth, T... ...y heart declined, He loathed and put away his food; It was not that ’twas coarse and rude, For we were used to hunter’s fare, And for the ... ...d, but I could not hear; I call’d, for I was wild with fear; I knew ’twas hopeless, but my dread Would not be thus admonishèd; I call’d, a... ...her’s soul come down to me; But then at last away it flew, And then ’twas mortal well I knew, For he would never thus have flown— And left...

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...God is my witness how I loved him! Why did he not send you from among us? ’Twas only his kindness, that could refuse me nothing then. And, young as yo... ...he real cause, of the quar- rel betwixt him and poor Frank? I would wager ’twas a woman.” “’Twas a quarrel about play—on my word, about play,” Harry s... ...eman,” says Westbury; “but if my Lord Mohun were a commoner, I would say, ’twas a pity he was not hanged. He was familiar with dice and women at a tim... ... for him, and that more money would be forthcoming whenever he needed it. ’Twas a queer letter from the scholar as she was, or as she called herself: ... ...ild about the little widow; insulted me in my own drawing-room, by saying ’twas not the old widow, but the young Viscountess, she had come to see. Lit... ...friends, and have boxed each other twice or thrice like brothers already. ’Twas that wicked young Mohun who, coming back from the provinces last year,... ... and killed poor stupid Frank. The quarrel was all about his wife. I know ’twas all about her. Was there anything between her and Mohun, nephew? Tell ... ...squeeze out a single tear, but danced till five o’clock the next morning. ’Twas the Count—no, ’twas my Lord Ormond that played the fiddles, and his Ma... ...e wisest, the bravest, and most clement sovereign whom England ever knew. ’Twas the fashion of the hostile party to assail this great prince’s reputat...

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... desire for military honor was that it might raise him in Beatrix’s eyes. ’Twas next to nobility and wealth, the only kind of rank she valued. It was ... ... appear, but hid her apprehension, as she did her charities and devotion. ’Twas only by chance that Esmond, wandering in Kensington, found his mistres... ...iam more; a hero and a conqueror, the bravest, justest, wisest of men—but ’twas by the sword he conquered the country, and held and governed it by the... ...verything to Colonel Esmond, “as a reparation for the wrong done to him;” ’twas writ in her will. But her fortune was not much, for it never had been ... ...as now in presence of the en- emy; and a great battle expected every day. ’Twas known that 8 Henry Esmond – Book Three the General-in-Chief was in di... ...ander-in-Chief, for reasons of his own, consorted more closely than ever, ’twas known that he was animated not 10 Henry Esmond – Book Three merely by... ...htful were the gaps left in our army by the cannon of that bloody action. ’Twas heartrending for an of- ficer who had a heart to look down his line on... ... my brother that fought by me, or my dear captain that led me yesterday?” ’Twas the most gloomy pageant I ever looked on; and the “Te Deum” sung by ou... ..., in theirs of Arlieu and about Arras. A little river, the Canihe I think ’twas called, (but this is writ away from books and Europe; and the only map...

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... am thine. EXETER: For shame, come down: he made thee Duke of York. YORK: ’Twas my inheritance, as the earldom was. EXETER: Thy father was a traito... ...e king. KING HENRY VI : Henry the Fourth by conquest got the crown. YORK: ’Twas by rebellion against his king. KING HENRY VI : [Aside] I know not... ...over him that swears: Henry had none, but did usurp the place; Then, seeing ’twas he that made you to depose, Your oath, my lord, is vain and frivolou... ...wilt thou slay me? CLIFFORD: Thy father hath. RUTLAND: But ’twas ere I was born. Thou hast one son; for his sake pity me, Lest in rev... ...Alban’s met Our battles join’d, and both sides fiercely fought: But whether ’twas the coldness of the king, Who look’d full gently on his warlike quee... ...s warlike queen, That robb’d my soldiers of their heated spleen; Or whether ’twas report of her success; Or more than common fear of Clifford’s rigor,... ...t, Duchess of Burgundy, With aid of soldiers to this needful war. RICHARD: ’Twas odds, belike, when valiant Warwick fled: Oft have I heard his praise... ... here I stand to answer thee, Or any he the proudest of thy sort. RICHARD: ’Twas you that kill’d young Rutland, was it not? CLIFFORD: Ay, and old Yo... ... Alban’s last, Your legs did better service than your hands. WARWICK: Then ’twas my turn to fly, and now ’tis thine. CLIFFORD: You said so much befo...

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...r me in my mother’s lifetime, her jealousy respecting her husband’s love. ’Twas a gift so precious, that no wonder she who had it was for keeping it a... ...t, even to her daughter. Though I never heard my father use a rough word, ’twas extraordinary with how much awe his people regarded him; and the serva... ...e, speaking from under a mask, and wearing stilts and a great head-dress. ’Twas thought the dignity of the Tragic Muse required these appurte- nances,... ...nry looked very silly. He invented a half-dozen of speeches in reply, but ’twas months afterwards when he thought of this adventure: as it was, he had... ...rriage, and servants armed and mounted following it and preceding it. But ’twas in the height of the No-Popery cry; the folks in the village and the n... ... said, “Tom Esmond, her husband, would run away with them and pawn them.” ’Twas another calumny. My Lady Sark was also an 24 Henry Esmond – Book One ... ...ig, handsome young woman; but, though she pretended to cry, Harry thought ’twas only a sham, and sprung quite delighted upon the horse upon which the ... ...e found my lord’s sheet of paper scribbled over with dogs and horses, and ’twas said he had much ado to keep himself awake at these councils: the Coun... ...declared she should die. Her dependants one after another relieved guard— ’twas rather a dangerous post to play with her ladyship—and took the cards t...

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...nt to send this heart in stead of mine, But oh, no man could hold it, for twas thine. - 13 - THE LEGACIE John Donne’s "Songs and Sonnets" A FEAVER ... ...m me? Why should we rise, because ’tis light? Did we lie downe, because ’twas night? Love which in spight of darknesse brought us hether, Should ... ...ouch Of conscience, but of fame, and bee Anguish’d, not that’twas sinne, but that’twas shee: In early and long scarcenesse may he ... ...gh from my mistresse heart, And thought to feast on that, I let him see ’Twas neither very sound, nor meant to mee. If he wroung from mee’a teare, ... ...ame that him it nourished not; If he suck’d hers, I let him know ’Twas not a teare, which hee had got, His drinke was counterfeit, as was h... ...dolatrie, If into others hands these Reliques came; As’twas humility To afford to it all that a Soule can doe, ...

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...tree, slackening my thoughts by choice And settling into gentler happiness. ’Twas autumn, and a calm and placid day With warmth as much as needed from... ...at beloved Vale to which, erelong, I was transplanted. Well I call to mind (’Twas at an early age, ere I had seen Nine summers) when upon the mountain... ...e frost and breath of frosty wind had snapp’d 315 The last autumnal crocus, ’twas my joy To wander half the night among the Cliffs And the smooth Holl... ...A Skiff that to a Willow tree was tied Within a rocky Cave, its usual home. ’Twas by the shores of Patterdale, a Vale Wherein I was a Stranger, thithe... ...th the gloomy hills I homeward went In solitude, such intercourse was mine; ’Twas mine among the fields both day and night, And by the waters all the s... ...d an Inn, no homely featured Shed, Brother of the surrounding Cottages, But ’twas a splendid place, the door beset 150 With Chaises, Grooms, and Liver... ...ds was strong— 90 I do not speak of learning, moral truth, Or understanding—’twas enough for me To know that I was otherwise endowed. When the first gl... ...men. 140 Unknown, unthought of, yet I was most rich, I had a world about me—’twas my own, I made it; for it only lived to me, And to the God who looke... ... now drawing towards home, 10 To that sweet valley where I had been reared; ’Twas but a short hour’s walk ere, veering round, I saw the snow white chu...