Poems (Charlotte Allen)/Christmas
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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.
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: His precepts may we all obey, And celebrate his birth,
And as each passing season brings, In its revolving round,The birth-day of the King of Kings, May all our hearts aboundWith gratitude and purest love, To Him who dwells on high;Whose throne, eternal, is above, Whose empire, earth, sea, sky.