Clement Clarke Moore

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

• 'T was the night before Christmas, when all through the house
  Not 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, 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.

• "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 (1823).

• 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 (1823).

External links

• 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
• Works by Clement Clarke Moore at Project Gutenberg