Alfred Gurney 
A Christmas Faggot 

A Christmas Faggot is a collection of sentimental poems meant to be ‘bundled together like a bunch of sticks’ for family and friends. Contents: ‘YULE TIDE, THE MADONNA DI SAN SISTO, BETHLEHEM GATE, SAINT JOSEPH, A CRADLE SONG, A CRADLED CHILD, AN EMPTY CRADLE, NEW YEAR’S EVE, THE VICTIM.’