Thursday, December 17, 2015

"The Oxen" by Thomas Hardy : The Poetry Foundation

A widespread folk-belief is that cattle fall on their knees at midnight of Christmas Eve, as did the ox in the stable at Bethlehem when Christ was born. Here is a poem about that folk-belief: The Oxen by Thomas Hardy : The Poetry Foundation

Thomas Hardy (1840-1928)
English novelist and poet

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