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AT BETHLEHEM: 1. THE CHILD by JOHN BANISTER TABB

First Line: LONG, LONG BEFORE THE BABE COULD SPEAK
Last Line: FOR THEY ARE MOTHERLESS.
Subject(s): BETHLEHEM, PALESTINE; CHRISTMAS; NATIVITY, THE;
LONG, long before the Babe could speak,
When he would kiss his mother's cheek
And to her bosom press,
The brightest angels standing near
Would turn away to hide a tear --
For they are motherless.



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