"A Christmas Carol" by Josiah Gilbert Holland

Dear friends,

It's the first Sunday in Advent! Thad and I took the kids to see Handel's Messiah downtown. I think I enjoyed it more than anyone else...

Someday I will try to post links about Handel's Messiah, but for now I thought this poem might be a good way to start the season.

Christmas joy and peace to you,
Virginia Knowles

"A Christmas Carol"

by Josiah Gilbert Holland (1819-1881)
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There's a song in the air!
There's a star in the sky!
There's a mother's deep prayer
And a baby's low cry!
And the star rains its fire while the Beautiful sing,
For the manger of Bethlehem cradles a king.

There's a tumult of joy
O'er the wonderful birth,
For the virgin's sweet boy
Is the Lord of the earth.
Ay! the star rains its fire and the Beautiful sing,
For the manger of Bethlehem cradles a king.

In the light of that star
Lie the ages impearled;
And that song from afar
Has swept over the world.
Every hearth is aflame, and the Beautiful sing
In the homes of the nations that Jesus is King.


We rejoice in the light,
And we echo the song
That comes down through the night
From the heavenly throng.
Ay! we shout to the lovely evangel they bring,
And we greet in his cradle our Saviour and King.

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