<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=420115" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Nativity Scene</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">It seemed an inauspicious birth, </div><div style="margin:10px 0">another mouth to feed on earth.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">A stable in a crowded town, </div><div style="margin:10px 0">the only lodging to be found.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Caesar Augustus had decreed</div><div style="margin:10px 0">a census of his realm proceed.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">As Bethlehem is David’s town</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Its narrow streets were filled with sound.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Perhaps a midwife helped the girl</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Produce the Savior of our world</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Bringing forth her child in pain, </div><div style="margin:10px 0">so that we might salvation gain.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Their little donkey oversaw</div><div style="margin:10px 0">the baby swaddled on the straw.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Mother Mary did her best</div><div style="margin:10px 0">to nurse the baby at her breast.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> </div><div style="margin:10px 0">A whispering of angels may</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Have directed Sheppards where they lay.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">A conjunction, seeming like a star, </div><div style="margin:10px 0">might lure Magi traveling far.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> </div><div style="margin:10px 0">A folk in darkness witnessed light</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Upon that primal Christmas night.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Blest be the child of Mary’s womb</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And faithful hearts that give Him room.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=John+F.+McCullagh">John F. McCullagh</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=420115" data-title="Nativity Scene de John F. McCullagh" data-description="It seemed an inauspicious birth, another mouth to feed on earth. A stable in a crowded town, the only lodging to be found. Caesar Augustus had decreed a census of his realm proceed. As Bethlehem is David’s town Its narrow streets wer..."></div> </div> </div>

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