Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, AT THE MANGER, by JOHN BANISTER TABB


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AT THE MANGER, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: When first her christmas watch to keep
Last Line: He saw his mother's face.
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
Subject(s): Christmas; Nativity, The


When first her Christmas watch to keep
Came down the silent angel, Sleep,
With snowy sandals shod,
Beholding what His mother's hands
Had wrought, with softer swaddling-bands
She swathed the Son of God.

Then, skilled in mysteries of night,
With tender visions of delight
She wreathed His resting place,
Till wakened by a warmer glow
Than heaven itself had yet to show,
He saw His mother's face.





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