Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CHRISTMAS-TIDE, by MARGARET ELIZABETH MUNSON SANGSTER Poet's Biography First Line: At christmas-tide the fields are bare Last Line: That love is heaven and christ is king. Alternate Author Name(s): Van Deth, Gerrit, Mrs. Subject(s): Christmas; Nativity, The | ||||||||
AT Christmas-tide the fields are bare, A shiver of frost is in the air; The wind blows keen across the wold, Gone is the autumn's glimmer of gold; But lo! a red rose opens wide In the glowing light of the ingleside A rose whose fragrance, sweet and far, Is shed at the beaming of Bethlehem's star; And once again the angels sing That Love is heaven and Christ is King. At Christmas-tide the children go With dancing footsteps over the snow; At Christmas-tide the world is bright With the sudden splendor that thrilled the night, And made the dawn a shining way, When first earth wakened to Christmas-day. Ah! hide your faces, churls and rude, For none have a heart to share your mood; At Christmas-tide the open hand Scatters its bounty o'er sea and land. And none are left to grieve alone, For Love is heaven and claims its own. At Christmas-tide there are chiming bells: Oh, silvery clear their cadence swells. They smite the cold of Arctic plains, They ripple through falling of tropic rains; In palaces men pause to hear The wonderful message of peace and cheer; In lowly huts the peasants pray With blessing to God for the happy day. On every breeze the joy is borne Around the globe on the Christmas morn; And loud once more the angels sing That Love is heaven and Christ is King. At Christmas-tide like incense-fires Arise the chants of stately choirs, And priestly voices lead the prayers Where God's dear children cast their cares Low at the feet of the mighty Lord, Whose grace is pledged in His deathless word. And grateful spirits haste to lay Gifts at his altars on Christmas-day; While high above the seraphs sing That Love is heaven and Christ is King. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...DIFFERENT VIEWS; A CHRISMAS DUET by JOSEPH ASHBY-STERRY AN UNMERRY CHRISTMAS by AMBROSE BIERCE CHRISTMAS IN CHINATOWN by AUGUST KLEINZAHLER CHRISTMAS TREE by JOHN FREDERICK NIMS ISAIAH'S COAL by JOHN FREDERICK NIMS SOUNDS OF THE RESURRECTED DEAD MAN'S FOOTSTEPS (#3): 1. BEAST, PEACH.. by MARVIN BELL ARE THE CHILDREN AT HOME? by MARGARET ELIZABETH MUNSON SANGSTER |
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