So feast your eyes now
On mimic star and moon-cold bauble:
Worlds may wither unseen,
But the Christmas Tree is a tree of fable,
A phoenix in evergreen,
And the world cannot change or chill what its mysteries mean
To your hearts and eyes now.
- C.Day Lewis, The Christmas Tree.
2 comments:
Good ol' Cecil. I wonder what he'd think of Nine!
somehow i've missed this little jewel . . . until now. thank you!
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