618. December by Dollie Radford
b"Dollie Radford read by Classic Poetry Aloud\\n\\nwww.classicpoetryaloud.com\\nTwitter: @classicpoetry\\nFacebook: www.facebook.com/poetryaloud\\n\\nGiving voice to the poetry of the past.\\n\\n---------------------------------------\\n\\nDecember\\nby Dollie Radford (1858 \\u2013 1920)\\n\\n\\nNo gardener need go far to find\\n The Christmas rose,\\nThe fairest of the flowers that mark\\n The sweet Year's close:\\nNor be in quest of places where\\n The hollies grow,\\nNor seek for sacred trees that hold\\n The mistletoe.\\nAll kindly tended gardens love\\n December days,\\nAnd spread their latest riches out\\n In winter's praise.\\nBut every gardener's work this month\\n Must surely be\\nTo choose a very beautiful\\n Big Christmas tree,\\nAnd see it through the open door\\n In triumph ride,\\nTo reign a glorious reign within\\n At Christmas-tide.\\n\\n\\nReading \\xa9 Classic Poetry Aloud 2009"