A VISIT FROM SAINT NICHOLASBY CLEMENT CLARKE MOORE (WHO DOESN'T FEATURE ON THE LONDON LITERARY PUB CRAWL.YET.)'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 St. Nicholas soon would be there; The children were nestled all snug in theirbeds, While visions of sugar-plums danced through their heads; And mamma in her kerchief, and I in my cap, Had just settled our brains for a long winter's nap,— When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter, I 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... read on » |