Clement Clarke Moore

thumb|Clement Clarke Moore Clement Clarke Moore (July 15, 1779 – July 10, 1863) was a professor of Oriental and Greek literature at Columbia College (now Columbia University) and at General Theological Seminary; but is best known as the credited author of A Visit From St. Nicholas (more commonly known today as 'Twas the Night Before Christmas). Quotes 'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the houseNot a creature was stirring, — not even a mouse;The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there. A Visit from St. Nicholas, l. 1. Published anonymously in the Troy, New York Sentinel on December 23, 1823, and was reprinted frequently thereafter with no name attached; later attributed to Clement Clarke Moore and included in an 1844 anthology of his works The children were nestled all snug in their beds;While visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads. A Visit from St. Nicholas, l. 5 "Now! Dasher, now! Dancer, now! Prancer, and Vixen,"On! Comet, on! Cupid, on! Dunder and Blixem;"To the top of the porch! to the top of the wall!"Now dash away! dash away! dash away all!" A Visit from St. Nicholas, l. 21 He was dressed all in fur, from his head to his foot,And his clothes were all tarnished with ashes and soot;A bundle of toys he had flung on his back,And he looked like a pedler just opening his pack.His eyes — how they twinkled! his dimples, how merry!His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry!His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow,And the beard on his chin was as white as the snow;The stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth,And the smoke, it encircled his head like a wreath;He had a broad face and a little round bellyThat shook when he laughed, like a bowl full of jelly. A Visit from St. Nicholas, l. 33 But I heard him exclaim, ere he drove out of sight —"Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good night!" A Visit from St. Nicholas, l. 55 External links Clement Clarke Moore A Visit from Saint Nicholas, courtesy of Poets.org Peter Christoph, "Clement Moore revisited", 1982 Biography of Moore at University of Toronto's Representative Poetry Online. Urban Legends - Clement Clarke Moore: The Reluctant Mythmaker Free audiobook of Twas the Night Before Christmas from LibriVox Moore+Clement+Clarke Clement Clarke Moore n/79/131096 119080710 cb12040558z 35360503 9864972 Category:Poets from the United States Category:19th-century poets from the United States Category:Educators from the United States Category:People from New York City Category:1779 births Category:1863 deaths