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Poems.
Or at the early dawn
Of sweet and dewy morn,
Gently to pass away,
Like one whose thread is spun,
Whose earthly course is done
Forever and for aye.
Of sweet and dewy morn,
Gently to pass away,
Like one whose thread is spun,
Whose earthly course is done
Forever and for aye.
CHRISTMAS.
Hail! glorious day, that cave to earth,
The Saviour of mankind;
The Star in the East announced his birth,
The wise men came to find.
That Star stood still o'er the solemn spot
Where our Saviour's birth took place;
'T was an hour never to be forgot,
Which memory will oft retrace.
The Saviour of mankind;
The Star in the East announced his birth,
The wise men came to find.
That Star stood still o'er the solemn spot
Where our Saviour's birth took place;
'T was an hour never to be forgot,
Which memory will oft retrace.
Jesus was born on earth! but where?
Not on a downy bed;
Not in a house of gilded care,
But—in a lowly shed.
And this the annual natal day,
Of Christ the Lord of earth:
Not on a downy bed;
Not in a house of gilded care,
But—in a lowly shed.
And this the annual natal day,
Of Christ the Lord of earth:
