Seven “A Christmas Carol” Poems, Plus One Extra
Tina;
Here are seven different poems titled “A Christmas Carol” -- and only one from Dickens (from “The Pickwick Papers). An eighth poem is the original Catherine Winkworth translation of Martin Luther's “Von Himmel Hoch.”
Regards,
Doug
A Christmas Carol – G. K. Chesterson
Location of this file:
http://www.hymnsandcarolsofchristmas.com/Poetry/christ_child_lay_on_marys_la.htm
Location of main page:
http://www.hymnsandcarolsofchristmas.com/Recordings/a_christmas_carol_chesterton_dda.mp3
Link to PD text source: Burton Egbert Stevenson, ed., The Home Book of Verse, Volume 1 (New York: Henry Holt And Company, 1912); Project Gutenberg Etext #2619.
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/2619
A Christmas Carol – Samuel T. Coleridge
Location of this file:
http://www.hymnsandcarolsofchristmas.com/Recordings/a_christmas_carol_coleridge_dda.mp3
Location of main page:
http://www.hymnsandcarolsofchristmas.com/Poetry/a_christmas_carol4.htm
Link to PD text source: None. Source: Christmas In Art And Song: A Collection of Songs, Carols and Descriptive Poems, Relating To The Festival of Christmas (New York: The Arundel Printing and Publishing Co., 1879).
A Christmas Carol – Aubrey De Vere
Location of this file:
http://www.hymnsandcarolsofchristmas.com/Recordings/a_christmas_carol_devere_dda.mp3
Location of main page:
http://www.hymnsandcarolsofchristmas.com/Poetry/a_christmas_carol1.htm
Link to PD text source: Christmas: Its Origin, Celebration and Significance as Related in Prose and Verse - Robert Haven Schauffler (New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1907); Project Gutenberg eBook #18908; At Gutenberg:
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/18908
A Christmas Carol from “The Pickwick Papers” – Charles Dickens
Location of this file:
http://www.hymnsandcarolsofchristmas.com/Recordings/a_christmas_carol_pickwick_dickens_dda.mp3
Location of main page:
http://www.hymnsandcarolsofchristmas.com/Poetry/a_christmas_carol2.htm
Link to PD text source: Christmas: Its Origin, Celebration and Significance as Related in Prose and Verse - Robert Haven Schauffler (New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1907); Project Gutenberg eBook #18908; At Gutenberg:
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/18908
A Christmas Carol – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Location of this file:
http://www.hymnsandcarolsofchristmas.com/Recordings/a_christmas_carol_longfellow_dda.mp3
Location of main page:
http://www.hymnsandcarolsofchristmas.com/Poetry/a_christmas_carol.htm
Link to PD text source: None. Source: William Sandys, Christmas-tide, Its History, Festivities and Carols, With Their Music (London: John Russell Smith, 1852), pp. 290-1. URL:
http://www.hymnsandcarolsofchristmas.com/Hymns_and_Carols/Images/Sandys_1852/Sandys_Christmas-tide.htm
A Christmas Carol – James Russell Lowell
Location of this file:
http://www.hymnsandcarolsofchristmas.com/Recordings/a_christmas_carol_lowell_dda.mp3
Location of main page:
http://www.hymnsandcarolsofchristmas.com/Poetry/a_christmas_carol-lowell.htm
Link to PD text source: Christmas: Its Origin, Celebration and Significance as Related in Prose and Verse - Robert Haven Schauffler (New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1907); Project Gutenberg eBook #18908; At Gutenberg:
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/18908
A Christmas Carol for Children – Martin Luther
Location of this file:
http://www.hymnsandcarolsofchristmas.com/Recordings/a_christmas_carol_luther_dda.mp3
Location of main page:
http://www.hymnsandcarolsofchristmas.com/Poetry/a_christmas_carol_for_children.htm
Link to PD text source: Christmas: Its Origin, Celebration and Significance as Related in Prose and Verse - Robert Haven Schauffler (New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1907); Project Gutenberg eBook #18908; At Gutenberg:
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/18908
From Heaven Above To Earth I Come – Martin Luther, Trans. Catherine Winkworth
Location of this file:
http://www.hymnsandcarolsofchristmas.com/Recordings/from_heaven_above_luther_winkworth_dda.mp3
Location of main page:
http://www.hymnsandcarolsofchristmas.com/Poetry/from_heaven_above_winkworth.htm
Link to PD text source: None. Source: Catherine Winkworth, “Lyra Germanica: The Christian Year,” 1855. See: The Christmas Poetry of Catherine Winkworth -
http://www.hymnsandcarolsofchristmas.com/Poetry/christmas_poems_of_catherine_winkworth.htm
Generally: Poems, Prose And Recordings:
http://www.hymnsandcarolsofchristmas.com/HTML/Christmas_Poetry_And_Prose1.html
Douglas D. Anderson
Tigard, Oregon, USA
www.hymnsandcarolsofchristmas.com