Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CHRISTMAS, by MARGARET ELIZABETH MUNSON SANGSTER Poet's Biography First Line: We love to think of bethlehem Last Line: Comes yet on christmas day. Alternate Author Name(s): Van Deth, Gerrit, Mrs. Subject(s): Babies; Bethlehem, Palestine; Birth; Children; Christmas; Jesus Christ - Childhood & Youth; Infants; Child Birth; Midwifery; Childhood; Nativity, The | ||||||||
WE love to think of Bethlehem, That little mountain town To which on earth's first Christmas Day Our blessed Lord came down; A lowly manger for His bed, The cattle near in stall, There, cradled close in Mary's arms, He slept, the Lord of all. If we had been in Bethlehem, We too had hasted fain To see the Babe whose little face Knew neither care nor pain. Like any little child of ours He came unto His own, Though Cross and shame before him stretched His pathway to His throne. If we had dwelt in Bethlehem, We would have followed fast, And where the Star had led our feet Have knelt ere dawn was past. Our gifts, our songs, our prayers had been An offering, as He lay, The Blessed Babe of Bethlehem, In Mary's arms that day. Now breaks the latest Christmas Morn! Again the angels sing, And far and near the children throng Their happy hymns to bring. All heaven is stirred! All earth is glad! For down the shining way The Lord who came to Bethlehem Comes yet on Christmas Day. | 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 ARE THE CHILDREN AT HOME? by MARGARET ELIZABETH MUNSON SANGSTER |
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