TO KATHLEEN, AT CHRISTMAS(An Acrostic)
TO KATHLEEN, AT CHRISTMAS(An Acrostic)
K ingsof the East did bring their goldA nd jewels unto the cattle fold.T he angel’s song was heard by men“H oly! holy! holy!” then.L ittle and weak in the manger He layE ven as you in a cradle to-day;E ven as you did the Christ-child restN estling warm in His mother’s breast.Gütersloh,December 1916.
K ingsof the East did bring their goldA nd jewels unto the cattle fold.T he angel’s song was heard by men“H oly! holy! holy!” then.L ittle and weak in the manger He layE ven as you in a cradle to-day;E ven as you did the Christ-child restN estling warm in His mother’s breast.Gütersloh,December 1916.
K ingsof the East did bring their goldA nd jewels unto the cattle fold.T he angel’s song was heard by men“H oly! holy! holy!” then.L ittle and weak in the manger He layE ven as you in a cradle to-day;E ven as you did the Christ-child restN estling warm in His mother’s breast.
K ingsof the East did bring their gold
A nd jewels unto the cattle fold.
T he angel’s song was heard by men
“H oly! holy! holy!” then.
L ittle and weak in the manger He lay
E ven as you in a cradle to-day;
E ven as you did the Christ-child rest
N estling warm in His mother’s breast.
Gütersloh,December 1916.
Gütersloh,
December 1916.