As shadows cast by cloud and sun Flit o'er the summer grass, So, in thy sight, Almighty One, Earth's generations pass. And while the years, an endless host, Come pressing swiftly on, The brightest names that earth can boast Just glisten and are gone. Yet doth the Star of Bethlehem shed A lustre pure and sweet, And still it leads, as once it led, To the Messiah's feet. O Father, may that holy star Grow every year more bright, And send its glorious beams afar To fill the world with light. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BY THE STATUE OF KING CHARLES AT CHARING CROSS by LIONEL PIGOT JOHNSON THE YEAR OF JUBILEE by HENRY CLAY WORK AN ORIGINAL THOUGHT by MARIA ABDY TAKING IT FROM THE BOY by CHARLES WILLIAM BRODRIBB BENEDICTION by VALERY YAKOVLEVICH BRYUSOV THE WANDERER: 2. IN FRANCE: ADIEU, MIGNONNE, MA BELLE by EDWARD ROBERT BULWER-LYTTON |