Alfred Gurney 
Christmas Faggot 

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. Most of the following poems have appeared in the ‘s. Barnabas’ Parish Magazine.’ For my godchildren and my people I have made them up into a little bundle of sticks — a Christmas faggot to feed the fires in the winter palace of our King.