Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE BIRTH SONG OF CHRIST, by EDMUND HAMILTON SEARS Poet's Biography First Line: Calm on the listening ear of night / come heaven's melodious strains Last Line: Breaks the first christmas morn. Variant Title(s): Christmas Hymn;christmas Song;the Glorious Song;the Glorious Song Of Old;the Nativity Subject(s): Christmas; Jesus Christ; Nativity, The | ||||||||
Calm on the listening ear of night Come heaven's melodious strains, Where wild Judea stretches far O'er silver-mantled plains. Celestial choirs from courts above Shed sacred glories there; And angels with their sparkling lyres Make music in the air. The answering hills of Palestine Send back the glad reply; And greet from all their holy heights The Day Spring from on high. O'er the blue depths of Galilee There comes a holier calm; The Sharon waves, in solemn praise, Her silent groves of palm. "Glory to God!" the sounding skies Loud with their anthems ring; "Peace to the earth, good will to men, From heaven's eternal King." Light on thy hills, Jerusalem: The Saviour now is born, And bright on Bethlehem's joyous plains Breaks the first Christmas morn. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...DIFFERENT VIEWS; A CHRISMAS DUET by JOSEPH ASHBY-STERRY AN UNMERRY CHRISTMAS by AMBROSE BIERCE CHRISTMAS IN CHINATOWN by AUGUST KLEINZAHLER CHRISTMAS TREE by JOHN FREDERICK NIMS ISAIAH'S COAL by JOHN FREDERICK NIMS SOUNDS OF THE RESURRECTED DEAD MAN'S FOOTSTEPS (#3): 1. BEAST, PEACH.. by MARVIN BELL THE ANGEL'S SONG; CAROL by EDMUND HAMILTON SEARS |
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