December 30

Twilight of the transfiguration-joy,

Gleam-faced, pure-eyed, strong-willed, high-hearted boy!

Hardly thy life clear forth of heaven was sent,

Ere it broke out into a smile, and went.

So swift thy growth, so true thy goalward bent,

Thou, child and sage inextricably blent,

Wilt one day teach thy father in some heavenly tent