"The Night before Christmas" by Clement Clarke Moore with the Illustrations by Arthur Rackham: the classic for the Christmas season:
'Twas 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 ...
Dr. Clement C. Moore, the author of these verses, was ...