Poems (Jordan)/Christmas Types
CHRISTMAS TYPES
In the preparation bustle Which this sacred season brings,Hear we not the gentle rustle Of the herald angel's wings?
In the gifts which form His cradle, We may still the Christ-child see,—Though uncouth as Bethl'hem's stable Their outside appearance be.
See we not the human mother In the e'er recurring sign?—Peaceful feelings tow'rd each other, Fathered by good-will divine?
In the gladsome Christmas greeting, We may hear the blest refrain;Angel's through Man's lips repeating, "Peace on earth; good-will to men!"
Love-warm gifts received, remind us Of that lonely, star-lit plain,For in acts of human kindness Christ is born in flesh, again!
In the children's laughter, merry, Do they not the truth betray;—Jesus,—bodied in the very Toys received,—they see today?