A CHRISTMAS CAROL
drop-capBeforethe paling of the stars,Before the winter morn,Before the earliest cock-crow,Jesus Christ was born:Born in a stable,Cradled in a manger,In the world His Hands had madeBorn a stranger.Priest and King lay fast asleepIn Jerusalem,Young and old lay fast asleepIn crowded Bethlehem:Saint and angel, ox and ass,Kept a watch togetherBefore the Christmas daybreakIn the winter weather.Jesus on His mother’s breastIn the stable cold,Spotless Lamb of God was He,Shepherd of the Fold:Let us kneel with Mary Maid,With Joseph bent and hoary,With saint and angel, ox and ass,To hail the King of Glory.
drop-capBeforethe paling of the stars,Before the winter morn,Before the earliest cock-crow,Jesus Christ was born:Born in a stable,Cradled in a manger,In the world His Hands had madeBorn a stranger.Priest and King lay fast asleepIn Jerusalem,Young and old lay fast asleepIn crowded Bethlehem:Saint and angel, ox and ass,Kept a watch togetherBefore the Christmas daybreakIn the winter weather.Jesus on His mother’s breastIn the stable cold,Spotless Lamb of God was He,Shepherd of the Fold:Let us kneel with Mary Maid,With Joseph bent and hoary,With saint and angel, ox and ass,To hail the King of Glory.
drop-capBeforethe paling of the stars,Before the winter morn,Before the earliest cock-crow,Jesus Christ was born:Born in a stable,Cradled in a manger,In the world His Hands had madeBorn a stranger.
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Beforethe paling of the stars,
Before the winter morn,
Before the earliest cock-crow,
Jesus Christ was born:
Born in a stable,
Cradled in a manger,
In the world His Hands had made
Born a stranger.
Priest and King lay fast asleepIn Jerusalem,Young and old lay fast asleepIn crowded Bethlehem:Saint and angel, ox and ass,Kept a watch togetherBefore the Christmas daybreakIn the winter weather.
Priest and King lay fast asleep
In Jerusalem,
Young and old lay fast asleep
In crowded Bethlehem:
Saint and angel, ox and ass,
Kept a watch together
Before the Christmas daybreak
In the winter weather.
Jesus on His mother’s breastIn the stable cold,Spotless Lamb of God was He,Shepherd of the Fold:Let us kneel with Mary Maid,With Joseph bent and hoary,With saint and angel, ox and ass,To hail the King of Glory.
Jesus on His mother’s breast
In the stable cold,
Spotless Lamb of God was He,
Shepherd of the Fold:
Let us kneel with Mary Maid,
With Joseph bent and hoary,
With saint and angel, ox and ass,
To hail the King of Glory.
Christina Rossetti