WHAT though the snow be on the hill And winter in the weather, With love and hope and sweet goodwill We keep the feast together: Let heart with heart in joy accord On this, the birthday of the Lord. The Christ, our Lord, was once a Child: They laid Him in a manger. The poor, the sick, the sin-defiled, The prisoner, and the stranger, Plead with us for the love of Christ To give what He has sacrificed. O God! At this Thy Christmas-tide Lay Thy dear hand upon us, And if we wander from Thy side, Look Thou in pity on us; Even in the darkness of the night Let us behold Thy guiding light! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MIDSUMMER FROST (1) by ISAAC ROSENBERG THE TREE OF SONG by SARA TEASDALE THE FRIENDLY WOOD by PAUL VALERY A DIVINE IMAGE, FR. SONGS OF EXPERIENCE by WILLIAM BLAKE MY SWEET BROWN GAL by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR THE BARREL-ORGAN by ALFRED NOYES THE ENCHANTMENT by THOMAS OTWAY |