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<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=421152" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Christmas Day</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">What sudden blaze of song<br> Spreads o'er th' expanse of Heaven?<br> In waves of light it thrills along,<br> Th' angelic signal given -<br> &quot;Glory to God!&quot; from yonder central fire<br>Flows out the echoing lay beyond the starry choir;</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> Like circles widening round<br> Upon a clear blue river,<br> Orb after orb, the wondrous sound<br> Is echoed on for ever:<br> &quot;Glory to God on high, on earth be peace,<br>And love towards men of love--salvation and release.&quot;</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> Yet stay, before thou dare<br> To join that festal throng;<br> Listen and mark what gentle air<br> First stirred the tide of song;<br> 'Tis not, &quot;the Saviour born in David's home,<br>To Whom for power and health obedient worlds should come:&quot; -</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> 'Tis not, &quot;the Christ the Lord:&quot;<br> With fixed adoring look<br> The choir of Angels caught the word,<br> Nor yet their silence broke:<br> But when they heard the sign where Christ should be,<br>In sudden light they shone and heavenly harmony.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> Wrapped in His swaddling bands,<br> And in His manger laid,<br> The Hope and Glory of all lands<br> Is come to the world's aid:<br> No peaceful home upon his cradle smiled,<br>Guests rudely went and came, where slept the royal Child.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> But where Thou dwellest, Lord,<br> No other thought should be,<br> Once duly welcomed and adored,<br> How should I part with Thee?<br> Bethlehem must lose Thee soon, but Thou wilt grace<br>The single heart to be Thy sure abiding-place.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> Thee, on the bosom laid<br> Of a pure virgin mind,<br> In quiet ever, and in shade,<br> Shepherd and sage may find;<br> They, who have bowed untaught to Nature's sway,<br>And they, who follow Truth along her star-paved way.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> The pastoral spirits first<br> Approach Thee, Babe divine,<br> For they in lowly thoughts are nursed,<br> Meet for Thy lowly shrine:<br> Sooner than they should miss where Thou dost dwell,<br>Angela from Heaven will stoop to guide them to Thy cell.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> Still, as the day comes round<br> For Thee to be revealed,<br> By wakeful shepherds Thou art found,<br> Abiding in the field.<br> All through the wintry heaven and chill night air,<br>In music and in light Thou dawnest on their prayer.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> O faint not ye for fear -<br> What though your wandering sheep,<br> Reckless of what they see and hear,<br> Lie lost in wilful sleep?<br> High Heaven in mercy to your sad annoy<br>Still greets you with glad tidings of immortal joy.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> Think on th' eternal home,<br> The Saviour left for you;<br> Think on the Lord most holy, come<br> To dwell with hearts untrue:<br> So shall ye tread untired His pastoral ways,<br>And in the darkness sing your carol of high praise.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=John+Keble">John Keble</a><div class=q>
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 Spreads o'er th' expanse of Heaven?
 In waves of light it thrills along,
 Th' angelic signal given -
 &quot;Glory to God!&quot; from yonder central fire
Flows out the echoing lay beyond the starry choir;

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