Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE ANGELS, by WILLIAM DRUMMOND OF HAWTHORNDEN


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First Line: Run, shepherds, run where bethlehem blest appears
Last Line: And cope of stars reëchoéd the same.
Alternate Author Name(s): Drummond, William
Variant Title(s): For The Nativity Of Our Lord
Subject(s): Angels; Christmas; Nativity, The


RUN, shepherds, run where Bethlehem blest appears,
We bring the best of news; be not dismayed;
A Saviour there is born more old than years,
Amidst heaven's rolling height this earth who stayed.
In a poor cottage inned, a virgin maid
A weakling did Him bear, who all upbears;
There is He poorly swaddled, in manger laid,
To whom too narrow swaddlings are our spheres;
Run, shepherds, run and solemnise his birth.
This is that night—no, day grown great with bliss,
In which the power of Satan broken is:
In heaven be glory, peace unto the earth!
Thus singing, through the air the angels swam,
And cope of stars reëchoéd the same.





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