Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, CHRISTMAS MORN - THEN AND NOW, by RHODA HARTMAN FOGLE


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CHRISTMAS MORN - THEN AND NOW, by                    
First Line: Gray dawn, pale candlelight, and bubbling glee
Last Line: With mother -- heart and soul, what joys have we!
Subject(s): Christmas; Christmas Gifts; Nativity, The


Gray dawn, pale candlelight, and bubbling glee
Of childish ecstasy. Oh, see, ahoy!
Beneath the gayly glitt'ring Christmas tree,
A life-sized doll. What paroxysms of joy!
Gray dawn, dimm'd chapel lights, and vested choir
That chants of Christ's Nativity. A tear
Of joy, a soul enthralled in radiant fire
Of awe -- a mutual dream with Mary, clear!
The snows of thirty years -- of happy years --
Have brought their worries, cares, and painful woes;
But, too, their wisdom, wealth of joys and cheers
Enrich the worth of life, whence Love's spring flows.
Dear Child, fondling that selfsame doll! I see
With Mother -- heart and soul, what joys have we!





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