Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, CHRISTMAS (1), by JOHN BANISTER TABB


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First Line: The world his cradle is
Last Line: With penitential tears.
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
Subject(s): Christmas; Nativity, The


The world His cradle is;
The stars His worshippers;
His "place on earth," the mother's kiss
On lips new pressed to hers.

For she alone to Him
In perfect light appears,
The one horizon never dim
With penitential tears.





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