When Christmas Comes
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Virna Sheard
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Virna Stanton was born in Cobourg, Ontario, the daughter of Elizabeth Butler Stanton and Eldridge Stanton, a photographer. Her brother Eldridge Stanton Jr. and his wife both died at Niagara Falls, in the Ice Bridge Disaster of 1912.
She published both novels and poetry collections during her life. Her papers were destroyed by her family after her death, apparently because they disapproved of her literary work. - Summary by Wikipedia (0 hr 18 min)
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The text of the poem: Virna SHEARD (1865 - 1943) For thee, my small oneótrinkets and new toys, The wine of life and all its keenest joys, When Christmas comes. For me, the broken playthings of the past That in my folded hands I still hold fast, When Christmas comes. For thee, fair hopes of all that yet may be, And tender dreams of sweetest mystery, When Christmas comes. For thee, the future in a golden haze, For me, the memory of some bygone days, When Christmas comes. For thee, the things that lightly come and go, For thee, the holly and the mistletoe, When Christmas comes. For me, the smiles that are akin to tears, For me, the frost and snows of many years, When Christmas comes. For thee, the twinkling candles bright and gay, For me, the purple shadows and the grey, When Christmas comes. For thee, the friends that greet thee at the door, For me, the faces I shall see no more, When Christmas comes.