Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, GOD WITH US, by NANCY BYRD TURNER


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First Line: There were three lights that night
Last Line: Immanuel!
Subject(s): Christmas; Nativity, The


There were three lights that night:
The star above the darkness, crystal fair,
The foremost angel's garment flaming white,
The baby's circled hair.

Three sounds upon the hill:
A sudden song; low drawn, a woman's sigh;
And, when the midnight deepened gray and chill,
A little, little cry.

Three woes: a witless lamb
Lost from the scattered flock; its mother grieving;
The long, deep slumber of the townfolk—blind
And deaf and unbelieving.

Three wonders: dark-browed kings
Riding from far; young shepherds' lifted faces;
The silver beauty raining from the star
On Bethlehem's dark places.

There were Faith, Hope and Love:
Faith that had known, Hope that had waited well,
Love that had wrought; and in their trembling midst,
Immanuel!





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