December

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

1807 to 1882

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Riding upon the Goat, with snow-white hair,
  I come, the last of all.  This crown of mine
Is of the holly; in my hand I bear
  The thyrsus, tipped with fragrant cones of pine.
I celebrate the birth of the Divine,
  And the return of the Saturnian reign; - 
My songs are carols sung at every shrine,
  Proclaiming "Peace on earth, good will to men."