To My Little Niece Anne Duyckinck

Major Henry Livingston Jr. 1748 (Poughkeepsie, Province of New York) – 1828 (Poughkeepsie, New York)



To his charming black-eyed niece
    Uncle Harry wishest peace!
    Wishes roses over strow'd
    O'er her sublunary road!

    No rude winds around her howl,
    O'er her head no tempests scowl;
    No red lightnings flash around,
    No loud thunders rock the ground!

    Bright has been her morning sun,
  Brighter still be that to come!
  All a blue serene above,
  Within, all innocence and love.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AABB CCBB XXDD
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 407
Words 64
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4

Major Henry Livingston Jr.

Henry Beekman Livingston Jr. has been proposed as being the uncredited author of the poem A Visit from St. Nicholas, more popularly known (after its first line) as The Night Before Christmas. more…

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