Classic Poem

Lo! the star is in the sky!
Hark! the angel-heralds cry,
Spread the tidings far and nigh,
Christ is born to-day!

Heir of royal David's line;
Lineage yet more lofty thine,
God and man in thee combine;
Christ with us to-day!

Heaven and earth in one are wed;
Angels guard the lowly bed:
Cradling where the oxen fed
Christ is born to-day!

Love unequalled, love intense;
Love exceeding thought and sense:
Gift divine proceeding thence,
Christ with us to-day!

Yes, he lays his glory by,
Leaves his throne beyond the sky;
That his children may not die,
Christ is born to-day!

Come and join the ransomed host;
Let not love like this be lost;
Think at what a fearful cost
Christ is ours to-day!

Come, as came the Magi old;
At his feet your gifts unfold,
Myrrh and frankincense and gold,
For our Christ to-day!

“Peace on earth, good will to men,”
Sang the herald-angels then;
Sing the joyous song again,
Christ is born to-day!

Let the earth his advent prove
By increasing gifts of love;
Malice, sin, and hate remove
By his birth to-day!

Prove we all, this natal morn,
Satan's bonds asunder torn;
By a heart renewed, is born
Christ in us to-day!

See! his star is in the sky,
Hark! the angel-heralds cry;
Spread the tidings far and nigh,
Christ is born to-day!

Bells! ring out the glad refrain;
Earth! accordant voices train;
Heaven! re-echo back the strain,
Christ is born to-day!