The poetical works of Robert Stephen Hawker Edited from the original manuscripts and annotated copies together with a prefatory notice and bibliography by Alfred Wallis |
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THE CHILD JESUS.
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THE CHILD JESUS.
A CORNISH CAROL.
Welcome that Star in Judah's sky,
That voice o'er Bethlehem's palmy glen:
The lamp, far sages hailed on high,
The tones that thrill'd the shepherd men:
Glory to God in highest heaven!
Thus Angels smote the echoing chord;
Glad tidings unto man forgiven!
Peace from the presence of the Lord!
That voice o'er Bethlehem's palmy glen:
The lamp, far sages hailed on high,
The tones that thrill'd the shepherd men:
Glory to God in highest heaven!
Thus Angels smote the echoing chord;
Glad tidings unto man forgiven!
Peace from the presence of the Lord!
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The Shepherds sought that Birth divine,
The Wise Men traced their guided way;
There by strange light and mystic sign,
The God they came to worship lay.
A human Babe in beauty smiled,
Where lowing oxen round Him trod:
A maiden clasped her Awful Child,
Pure offspring of the breath of God.
The Wise Men traced their guided way;
There by strange light and mystic sign,
The God they came to worship lay.
A human Babe in beauty smiled,
Where lowing oxen round Him trod:
A maiden clasped her Awful Child,
Pure offspring of the breath of God.
Those voices from on high are mute;
The Star the Wise Men saw is dim;
But Hope still guides the wanderer's foot,
And Faith renews the angel-hymn:
Glory to God in loftiest heaven!
Touch with glad hand the ancient chord;
Good tidings unto man forgiven,
Peace from the presence of the Lord!
The Star the Wise Men saw is dim;
But Hope still guides the wanderer's foot,
And Faith renews the angel-hymn:
Glory to God in loftiest heaven!
Touch with glad hand the ancient chord;
Good tidings unto man forgiven,
Peace from the presence of the Lord!
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