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.
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,
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 abound
With gratitude and purest love,
To Him who dwells on high;
Whose throne, eternal, is above,
Whose empire, earth, sea, sky.
In its revolving round,
The birth-day of the King of Kings,
May all our hearts abound
With gratitude and purest love,
To Him who dwells on high;
Whose throne, eternal, is above,
Whose empire, earth, sea, sky.