Classic and Contemporary Poetry
HIS BIRTHDAY, by LUCY LARCOM Poet's Biography First Line: It is his birthday - his, the holy child Last Line: God is with man! Life, life to us is born! Subject(s): Christmas; Nativity, The | ||||||||
IT is His birthday -- His, the Holy Child! And innocent childhood blossoms now anew, Under the dropping of celestial dew Into its heart, out of this heavenlier Flower, That penetrates the lowliest roof-tree bower With fragrance of an Eden undefiled: O happy children, praise Him in your mirth, -- The Son of God born with you on the earth! It is His birthday -- His, in whom our youth Becomes immortal. Nothing good, or sweet, Or beautiful, or needful to complete The being that He shares, shall suffer blight; All that in us His Father can delight, He saves, He makes eternal as His truth. Praise Him for one another, loyal friends! The friendship He awakens never ends. It is His birthday -- and this world of ours Is a new earth, since He has dwelt therein; Is even as heaven, since One Life without sin Made it a home. His voice is in the air; His face looks forth from beauty everywhere; His breath is sweetness at the soul of flowers; And in Him -- joy beyond all joy of these -- Man wakes to glorious possibilities. It is His birthday -- and our birthday, too! Humanity was one long dream of Him, Until He came: with fitful glow, and dim, Tile altars heavenward smoked from vague desire, Despair half stifling aspiration's fire. He is man's lost ideal, shining through This life of ours, whereinto floweth His, -- God, interblent with human destinies. It is His birthday -- His, the only One Who ever made life's meaning wholly plain; Dawn is He to our night! No longer vain And purposeless our onward-struggling years; The hope He bringeth overfloods our fears: Now do we know the Father through the Son! O earth, O heart, be glad on this glad morn! God is with man! Life, Life to us is born! | 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 |
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