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Christmas by Sir John Betjeman

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Christmas by Sir John Betjeman - Famous poems, famous poets. - All Poetry Edit Report Content Ignore User Add to New List Add to list Sir John Betjeman Follow Listen to this poem Christmas The bells of waiting Advent ring, The Tortoise stove is lit again And lamp-oil light across the night Has caught the streaks of winter rain In many a stained-glass window sheen From Crimson Lake to Hookers Green. The holly in the windy hedge And round the Manor House the yew Will soon be stripped to deck the ledge, The altar, font and arch and pew, So that the villagers can say 'The church looks nice' on Chr

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