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- Permanent Link:
- https://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00085407/00001
Material Information
- Title:
- The Night before Christmas, or, A visit of St. Nicholas
- Uniform Title:
- Night before Christmas
- Added title page title:
- Visit of St. Nicholas
- Added title page title:
- Night before Christmas
- Creator:
- Moore, Clement Clarke, 1779-1863 ( Author, Primary )
Nast, Thomas 1840-1902 ( Illustrator )
- Donor:
- Egolf, Robert
- Place of Publication:
- New York
- Publisher:
- McLoughlin Bros.
- Publication Date:
- c1896
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- [16] p. : col. ill. ; 32 cm.
Subjects
- Subjects / Keywords:
- Santa Claus -- Juvenile poetry ( lcsh )
Christmas -- Juvenile poetry ( lcsh )
Children's poetry, American ( lcsh )
Picture books for children ( lcsh )
Bldn -- 1896
- Spatial Coverage:
- United States -- New York -- New York
- Target Audience:
- juvenile ( marctarget )
Notes
- General Note:
- Cover title.
- General Note:
- Caption title: Visit of St. Nicholas.
Record Information
- Source Institution:
- University of Florida
- Holding Location:
- University of Florida
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- This item is presumed to be in the public domain. The University of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries respect the intellectual property rights of others and do not claim any copyright interest in this item. Users of this work have responsibility for determining copyright status prior to reusing, publishing or reproducing this item for purposes other than what is allowed by fair use or other copyright exemptions. Any reuse of this item in excess of fair use or other copyright exemptions may require permission of the copyright holder. The Smathers Libraries would like to learn more about this item and invite individuals or organizations to contact The Department of Special and Area Studies Collections (special@uflib.ufl.edu) with any additional information they can provide.
- Resource Identifier:
- 028893105 ( ALEPH )
ALU5654 ( NOTIS )
10676555 ( OCLC )
Aggregation Information
- JUV:
- Baldwin Library of Historical Children's Literature
- IUF:
- University of Florida
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A VISIT OF ST NICHOLAS
“TWAS the night before Christmas,
when all through the house
Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse:
The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,
In hopes that Saint Nicholas soon would be there:
The children were nestled all snug in their beds,
While visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads;
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“ALL SNUG IN THEIR BEDS’
Sj And Mamma in her ‘.erchief and I in my cap, . ;
4 Had just settled our brains for a long winter's nap--- "
s When out on the lawn there rose such a clatter, 7
vi sprang from my bed to see what was the matter:
* Away to the window I flew like a flash,
;* Tore open the shutters and threw up the sash,
The moon, on the breast of the new-fallen snow,
Gave a luster of mid-day to objects below:
hen, what to my wondering eyes should appear, = #)
‘But a miniature sleigh, and eight tiny Reindeer: a
“With a little old driver, so lively and quick, Z
‘aj! knew in a moment it must be St. Nick.
Nore rapid than eagles his coursers they came,
- And he whistled, and shouted, and called some by name-
@ On! Comet, on! Cupid, on! Dunder and Blitzen:
$27 o the top of the porch, to the top of the wall!
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“AND HE WHISTLED AND SHOUTED, AND CALLED SOME BY NAME—‘NOW, DASHER! NOW, DAYCER! NOW, PRANCER AND VIXEN ! CUPID, ON! DUNDER AND BLITZEN.â€
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The wild hurricane fly,
: When they meet with an obstacle,
Mount to the sky ;
So, up to the house-top
The coursers they flew,
With sleigh full of toys-—
And Saint Nicholas too.
And then in a twinkling ~
I heard on the roof
. he prancing and pawing
Of each little hoof;
As I drew in my head,
And was turning around,
Down the chimney St. Nicholas
Came with a bound.
He was dressed all in fur
From his head to his foot
And his clothes were all
tarnished
With ashes and soot:
nee
Bost
He had flung on his back,
And he looked like a peddler
Just opening his pack;
y His eyes how they twinkled !
) His dimples how merry!
|. His cheeks were like roses,
( His nose like a cherry ;
His droll little mouth
. Was drawn up like a bow,
And the beard on his chin
~. Was as white as the snow! 4
The stump of a pipe
He nel dent in hic (ec
And the smoke, it encircled
His head like a wreath.
He had a broad face,
And a little round belly,
That shook when he laughed, : c :
Like a bowl-full of jelly. =
“HE LOOKED LIKE A PEDDLER JUST OPENING HIS PACKâ€
ASVISIT“ OR ST. NICHOLAS:
He was chubby and plump, a right jolly old elf;
And I laughed when I saw him in spite of myself.
A wink of his eye, and a twist of his head,
Soon gave me to know I had nothing to dread.
He spoke not a word, but went straight to his work,
And filled all the stockings, then turned with a jerk,
And laying his finger aside of his nose.
And giving a nod, up the chimney he rose.
He sprang to his sleigh, to his team gave a whistle,
And away they all flew, like the down of a thistle:
But I heard him exclaim ere he drove out of sight,
«MERRY CHRISTMAS TO-ALL, AND TO ALL A Goop NIGHT."
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A VISIT OF ST NICHOLAS
“TWAS the night before Christmas,
when all through the house
Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse:
The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,
In hopes that Saint Nicholas soon would be there:
The children were nestled all snug in their beds,
While visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads;
The Baldwin Library
University
| of
| RmB Florida
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“ALL SNUG IN THEIR BEDS’
Sj And Mamma in her ‘.erchief and I in my cap, . ;
4 Had just settled our brains for a long winter's nap--- "
s When out on the lawn there rose such a clatter, 7
vi sprang from my bed to see what was the matter:
* Away to the window I flew like a flash,
;* Tore open the shutters and threw up the sash,
The moon, on the breast of the new-fallen snow,
Gave a luster of mid-day to objects below:
hen, what to my wondering eyes should appear, = #)
‘But a miniature sleigh, and eight tiny Reindeer: a
“With a little old driver, so lively and quick, Z
‘aj! knew in a moment it must be St. Nick.
Nore rapid than eagles his coursers they came,
- And he whistled, and shouted, and called some by name-
@ On! Comet, on! Cupid, on! Dunder and Blitzen:
$27 o the top of the porch, to the top of the wall!
| ‘EN ow, dash away, dash away, dash away all!â€
" eee Ss
EAy
â€
.
Y REINDEER
TIN
oy
O
—
eS
-~
sy
A
call
ae
—
—
2
a
nt
SS
°
Zz
“AND HE WHISTLED AND SHOUTED, AND CALLED SOME BY NAME—‘NOW, DASHER! NOW, DAYCER! NOW, PRANCER AND VIXEN ! CUPID, ON! DUNDER AND BLITZEN.â€
ve
The wild hurricane fly,
: When they meet with an obstacle,
Mount to the sky ;
So, up to the house-top
The coursers they flew,
With sleigh full of toys-—
And Saint Nicholas too.
And then in a twinkling ~
I heard on the roof
. he prancing and pawing
Of each little hoof;
As I drew in my head,
And was turning around,
Down the chimney St. Nicholas
Came with a bound.
He was dressed all in fur
From his head to his foot
And his clothes were all
tarnished
With ashes and soot:
nee
Bost
He had flung on his back,
And he looked like a peddler
Just opening his pack;
y His eyes how they twinkled !
) His dimples how merry!
|. His cheeks were like roses,
( His nose like a cherry ;
His droll little mouth
. Was drawn up like a bow,
And the beard on his chin
~. Was as white as the snow! 4
The stump of a pipe
He nel dent in hic (ec
And the smoke, it encircled
His head like a wreath.
He had a broad face,
And a little round belly,
That shook when he laughed, : c :
Like a bowl-full of jelly. =
“HE LOOKED LIKE A PEDDLER JUST OPENING HIS PACKâ€
ASVISIT“ OR ST. NICHOLAS:
He was chubby and plump, a right jolly old elf;
And I laughed when I saw him in spite of myself.
A wink of his eye, and a twist of his head,
Soon gave me to know I had nothing to dread.
He spoke not a word, but went straight to his work,
And filled all the stockings, then turned with a jerk,
And laying his finger aside of his nose.
And giving a nod, up the chimney he rose.
He sprang to his sleigh, to his team gave a whistle,
And away they all flew, like the down of a thistle:
But I heard him exclaim ere he drove out of sight,
«MERRY CHRISTMAS TO-ALL, AND TO ALL A Goop NIGHT."
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