Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, AN OFFERTORY, by MARY ELIZABETH MAPES DODGE


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AN OFFERTORY, by                    
First Line: Oh, the beauty of the christ child
Last Line: Yet who hath seen his face?
Subject(s): Christmas; Nativity, The


OH, the beauty of the Christ Child,
The gentleness, the grace,
The smiling, loving tenderness,
The infantile embrace!
All babyhood he holdeth,
All motherhood enfoldeth --
Yet who hath seen his face?

Oh, the nearness of the Christ Child,
When, for a sacred space,
He nestles in our very homes --
Light of the human race!
We know Him and we love Him,
No man to us need prove Him --
Yet who hath seen his face?





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