Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, A RAY FROM CALVARY, by JOHN TROTWOOD MOORE


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A RAY FROM CALVARY, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: O christmas, happy christmas, in the
Last Line: And catch the reflex of that ray that fell from calvary.
Subject(s): Christmas; Nativity, The


O CHRISTMAS, happy Christmas, in the days that bring their cheer,
One thought amid the centuries grows brighter every year:
That not alone for man was made the sweetness of thy birth,
And not alone for him was decked the holly-wreathed earth,
But all that on Him doth depend, like Him might blessed be,
And catch the reflex of that ray that fell from Calvary.





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