Show u w M Mf j i t lU l l 11 l m l t tl i t 1 f f t l t 1 M t to 1 j Mt t fm Il t f J tH I fl bH TALE OF m 7 5 by v VALERIA ALERIA De DeMUDE ii I MUDE KEL KELSEY EY i t A id i jp Poem awarded the he I prize of In the fl I t v Christmas News I t te 1 Ii 4 competition It ij e I I 1 11 r fi tt out across the wild d dark rk sky smoking lamp yet ct burned burne bet ore i 1 Jt 6 FAR Oer Jn lonely entrance to the 1 ii ot But Lias not titus thus the great light led lea leaf i i f Blending in Ill one strain It at the cm cave c A p a lilo bells of ring And cattle fc foil m 1 a t old old tale of tin an J found the tho Son ol of Mini I I J 4 t TIle Tue Virgins Child I The groat Gods Soul t on oit nud on I A babe babo in lt swaddling I 1 The Tho miracle of lifo life Wherever hin the iho sun I 10 j hind the tho sundered m I 4 j Anti Antl prove that made for I j iiI comm busy mart I lor mon innus light bestows I iti 5 t lh ng 44 t tt i lluch Ench 11 antI and life liCe and heart I C S tj j h cf Iii g bringing I II peo Ill p la CC 0 of f C euro 01 Yar oer the booming billows And the 5 burning san Ii 1 SI n i n gl rill g in ill a tower looked out above oe the 1 t l A mo 0 mos t iare I In n saute hour Christ wa born the they searched the tho h the J vast Rat l t I TIti is the tale they thoy t toll ll today And nd in silent owe the constellations as tho they passed j t Hor to you ou anu and to m me a I Ie s sleeping I 01 city t y I n Sweet as the tho windblown hArp it i i o curving lino or of lulls hills L Deep Doop as the tho s sea th h An iid on the Ole crescent shaped bay 4 the Were boats whose sails the south wind fills e night on hills hillsAnd t 4 Anti And the Syrian star hung low N i Tile The wn an moo climbed the ho broodIng sky AntI nd there thore on the curtain of night a new neu Star i i And there lit in the olive gr grove e hard by From F East to io West fro from North to 0 South its ils splendid i p A lono Jona dove uttered n a melting cr cry bins beams t Hi pi tJ For Por his mate in the he wood below The Magi ngi bell beheld old it rejoicing for the Prophet of old had said ii i 3 Out or of Ju aa n a 1 Prince r nce shall come and Israels host be ledi lediNo I No lound wits hOArd heard rove ivo the flowing The Star a sign sigl to thom thola must be I H 4 As it parted the tho rushes tall It paled not neath the verging morn morne i il i e Anti nd sh shepherds guarding their flocks or of And SO 50 tile the Wise three I 1 In n the tho the tho the chosen King was born t i W plaint in flute Huto tones deep tl 4 1 1 Like 1 k 0 a I 0 cur curlews 1818 call Pat PaIL mountain and packs with Ith no I til Ad l about tho la I bont as they lay I nights find morns moms and magic magio some somo grotesque t A wondrous glory glor shone ta went i I It t Down from the ho streamed n a They bore the ho their to io ned r t ogi on way woy Jerusalem iH j or f Angels in Ill white An iid soon the they passed within her great Star loading lj 3 And fort forti 1 from out their num or bright them I 4 j 1 und and sang alone Tue guilty Horod turned in sleep I 1 I I N not ye e shepherds for lIo lb saw his throne go down ji h I bring you OU tidings of groat joy jor I Neath seas sens of blood and oer him sweep it This A wooden wood cross Il and d crO crown n r iJ nig night t the wolves shall guard your our fold 4 J i Ana inI you JOU must go and find the tho Bo Boy h 1 The lb e Virgin r Marys I af S new newborn b orn CI Child II ld wilOn whon the Magi ngi found the Ule Child in humble Bethlehem b ii Heth in a mAnger did ild hearts with rapture which they thoy did not care caro to 14 t 4 stoma C tl I For Christ the tho Lord is born 1 I f All hAil to Him this radiant morn lr Fer up above boe them poised tho Star an and stretching from its it 1 ih fro lo Christ tim tho Lord II end ICing height ii 4 Oer all the tho Jan laud lot ring J sheaf lif of glo gloaming ming rays leaped down and tho Babe in 4 i For Por white I f i Christ tito tho Lord and nd Kingl t t tt 0 wondrous light sent thus to earth eartha 1 t h f a a a I That still in mortal man I tj Throughout the years all human humon 4 And then thon the air was with Ht j song Reflects the great grent wise Fathers plan I Ht For all the Join the glad refrain I A filled the tho breathing earth 4 Oh thou Babe of Bethlehem born in lowliest k kj As thus tho they chanted oer find and oer again ogain manger I Iii ft j Till ilI echo woke the tho vacant hills hill among mong Earth has forth Thy Ihy are no moro more a f I Jj tm Glory to God in the highest place I lies buried noath the t waste of endless i Peace on oarth I Good will rill unto mon men I years j 1 He is born I We have soon seon His I And the Crimson Moslem oer its I t 4 t But Thou we 10 see forever bore horel I It Peace Good will and ond glory Amon Amani 1 t Tue Child the Man on the human Life riCel o t J And n d When Ilon I tl the 10 t song fill filled I e d tt the Ie oar earth tl I Aid nd through thc tue wheeling sphere T t 4 4 th The shepherds knew Thy J 1 lY go golden ld en c coin m 0 of II love ove 15 is rl rife f 0 I Lf t Israels promise was not vain in f fo s 4 r h i Deep in iii their hearts the str strain in lung Christmas bells throughout the earth n a wide vic deep chime ot of i t 44 H Proclaimed that Marys Child should reign p ce I 1 H i And earth with lore imbue I And nd sn swell In in endless tide or of JO hi selfish nuns shall cease ceaseS I I f 1 Let It IU ll men ine hoar hear the Angel hearts t d S with f N But anthem anthom fa li As s oJ oler above rapture thrill lr your our cadenced t 4 j 1110 mild t light grows Will ill I I Far ar up the tho sky the tho host has gone I i o 0 men of earth I i Beneath tile the feet and d p shepherds an on en irise 1 For Por the tho you JOU Star doth shine 1 A glimmers like liko the tho dawn 4 bells Sand forth And leeds leads unto the Child I your voice oice j For good will y yf peace and love divine I i f 4 i 1 I I tt ti t I 1 1 L o W l t p t t tt t 5 li t tt t 41 tL I 4 i n 4 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