![]() ![]() ![]() His poem, originally written for his own children, has appeared in a variety of formats since it’s early appearances, including newspapers, periodicals, broadsides, and separate publications. Moore (1779-1863) was a professor of literature and divinity at the General Theological Seminary in New York City. Moore was not identified as the author until the 1837 publication of the poem in The New-York Book of Poetry published by George Dearborn (which we do have a copy of here in Special Collections). Though the poem was reprinted several times in the following years, Clement C. The seasonal poem first appeared uncredited in a New York state newspaper, The Troy Sentinel, in 1823. Nicholas”, also known as “The Night Before Christmas”. ![]() In fact, here in Special Collections, “not a creature stirring – not even a mouse”…and that’s the way we like it since mice are bad for rare books and manuscripts! Of course, I’m quoting that most famous of Christmas poems, Clement C. Oxford and campus are blanketed by a picturesque layer of snow and all is calm after the flurry of activity surrounding this semester’s classes, researchers, and programs. Now that the students have gone home for the holiday break, it’s very quiet here in the library. ![]()
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