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JEROME.
The peaceful star of Bethlehem
Came o'er thy solitude,
The radiance of that heav'nly gem
Lit up thy sterner mood;
Yea, like a star in murky wells,
Cheering the bed where darkness dwells,
The images of earth its happier light endued.
Came o'er thy solitude,
The radiance of that heav'nly gem
Lit up thy sterner mood;
Yea, like a star in murky wells,
Cheering the bed where darkness dwells,
The images of earth its happier light endued.
The thought of the Eternal Child
Upon thy cloistral cell
Must sure have cast an influence mild,
And, like a holy spell,
Have peopled that fair Eastern night
With dreams meet for an eremite,
Beside that cradle poor bidding the world farewell.
Upon thy cloistral cell
Must sure have cast an influence mild,
And, like a holy spell,
Have peopled that fair Eastern night
With dreams meet for an eremite,
Beside that cradle poor bidding the world farewell.
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