| Samuel Kettell, ed. Specimens of American Poetry. 1829. | | | | Christmas | | By William Croswell |
| | | THE THICKLY woven boughs they wreathe | |
| Through every hallow’d fane, | |
| A soft reviving odor breathe | |
| Of Summer’s gentle reign; | |
| And rich the ray of mild green light | 5 |
| Which like an emerald’s glow, | |
| Comes struggling through the latticed height, | |
| Upon the crowds below. | |
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| O let the streams of solemn thought | |
| Which in those temples rise | 10 |
| From deeper sources spring than aught | |
| Dependant on the skies. | |
| Then though the summer’s glow departs, | |
| And winter’s withering chill | |
| Rests on the cheerless woods, our hearts | 15 |
| Shall be unchanging still. | | | | |
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