A MADONNA OF THE ENTRY
IIN a city of churches and chapels,From belfry and spire and tower,In the solemn and starlit silence,The bells chimed the midnight hour.Then in silvery tones of gladnessThey rang in the Christmas morn—The wonderful, mystical seasonWhen Jesus Christ was born.All thought of the Babe in the manger,—The Child that knew no sin,That hung on the breast of the motherWho found no room in the inn!All thought of the choir of angelsThat swept through the darkness then,To chant forth the glad evangelOf peace and love to men!IIIn that city of churches and chapelsA mother crouched, hungry and cold,In a bleak and cheerless entry,With a babe in her nerveless hold.Hungry and cold and weary,She had paced the streets all night—No room forherin the city,No food, no warmth, no light!And just as the bells' glad chimingPealed in the Christmas day,The angels came through the darkness,And carried the babe away!No room for one tiny infantIn that city of churches fair,—But the Father hath "many mansions"And room for the babythere!
IIN a city of churches and chapels,From belfry and spire and tower,In the solemn and starlit silence,The bells chimed the midnight hour.Then in silvery tones of gladnessThey rang in the Christmas morn—The wonderful, mystical seasonWhen Jesus Christ was born.All thought of the Babe in the manger,—The Child that knew no sin,That hung on the breast of the motherWho found no room in the inn!All thought of the choir of angelsThat swept through the darkness then,To chant forth the glad evangelOf peace and love to men!IIIn that city of churches and chapelsA mother crouched, hungry and cold,In a bleak and cheerless entry,With a babe in her nerveless hold.Hungry and cold and weary,She had paced the streets all night—No room forherin the city,No food, no warmth, no light!And just as the bells' glad chimingPealed in the Christmas day,The angels came through the darkness,And carried the babe away!No room for one tiny infantIn that city of churches fair,—But the Father hath "many mansions"And room for the babythere!
IIN a city of churches and chapels,From belfry and spire and tower,In the solemn and starlit silence,The bells chimed the midnight hour.
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IN a city of churches and chapels,
From belfry and spire and tower,
In the solemn and starlit silence,
The bells chimed the midnight hour.
Then in silvery tones of gladnessThey rang in the Christmas morn—The wonderful, mystical seasonWhen Jesus Christ was born.
Then in silvery tones of gladness
They rang in the Christmas morn—
The wonderful, mystical season
When Jesus Christ was born.
All thought of the Babe in the manger,—The Child that knew no sin,That hung on the breast of the motherWho found no room in the inn!
All thought of the Babe in the manger,
—The Child that knew no sin,
That hung on the breast of the mother
Who found no room in the inn!
All thought of the choir of angelsThat swept through the darkness then,To chant forth the glad evangelOf peace and love to men!
All thought of the choir of angels
That swept through the darkness then,
To chant forth the glad evangel
Of peace and love to men!
IIIn that city of churches and chapelsA mother crouched, hungry and cold,In a bleak and cheerless entry,With a babe in her nerveless hold.
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In that city of churches and chapels
A mother crouched, hungry and cold,
In a bleak and cheerless entry,
With a babe in her nerveless hold.
Hungry and cold and weary,She had paced the streets all night—No room forherin the city,No food, no warmth, no light!
Hungry and cold and weary,
She had paced the streets all night—
No room forherin the city,
No food, no warmth, no light!
And just as the bells' glad chimingPealed in the Christmas day,The angels came through the darkness,And carried the babe away!
And just as the bells' glad chiming
Pealed in the Christmas day,
The angels came through the darkness,
And carried the babe away!
No room for one tiny infantIn that city of churches fair,—But the Father hath "many mansions"And room for the babythere!
No room for one tiny infant
In that city of churches fair,—
But the Father hath "many mansions"
And room for the babythere!