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First Line: Though in my heart no christmas glee
Last Line: Thyself will come!
Subject(s): Christmas; Jesus Christ; Nativity, The


THOUGH in my heart no Christmas glee,
Though my song-bird be dumb,
Jesus, it is enough for me
That thou art come.

What though the loved be scattered far,
Few at the board appear,
In thee, O Lord, they gathered are,
And thou art here.

And if our hearts be low with lack,
They are not therefore numb;
Not always will thy day come back—
Thyself will come!





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