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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CHRISTMAS SUNSHINE: 7, by FRANCES RIDLEY HAVERGAL Poet's Biography
First Line: What was the first angelic word
Last Line: When the glory dazzled their mortal sight.
Subject(s): Christmas; Nativity, The
First Line: What was the first angelic word
Last Line: When the glory dazzled their mortal sight.
Subject(s): Christmas; Nativity, The
WHAT was the first angelic word
That the startled shepherds heard?—
'Fear not!' Beloved, it comes to you
As a Christmas message most sweet and true,
As true for you as it was for them
In the lonely fields of Bethlehem;
And as sweet to-day as it was that night,
When the glory dazzled their mortal sight.
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