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THE LIGHT OF BETHLEHEM by JOHN BANISTER TABB

First Line: TIS CHRISTMAS NIGHT! THE SNOW
Last Line: THE LIGHT OF BETHLEHEM!
Subject(s): BETHLEHEM, PALESTINE; CHRISTMAS; NATIVITY, THE;

'Tis Christmas night! the snow,
A flock unnumbered lies:
The old Judean stars aglow,
Keep watch within the skies.

An icy stillness holds
The pulses of the night:
A deeper mystery infolds
The wondering Hosts of Light.

Till, lo, with reverence pale
That dims each diadem,
The lordliest, earthward bending, hail
The Light of Bethlehem!



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