William Wilfred Campbell

Here you will find the Poem On Christmas Eve of poet William Wilfred Campbell

On Christmas Eve

In byre and barn the mows are brim with sheaves, 
 Where stealeth in with phosphorescent tread 
The glimmering moon, and, ?neath his wattled eaves, 
The kennelled hound unto the darkness grieves 
 His chilly straw, and from his gloom-lit shed, 
 The wakeful cock proclaims the midnight dread. 

With mullioned windows, ?mid its skeleton trees, 
 Beneath the moon the ancient manor stands, 
Old gables rattle in the midnight breeze, 
Old elms make answer to the moaning seas 
 
 Beyond the moorlands, on the wintry sands, 
 While drives the gust along the leafless lands.