“ He neither shall be clothed In purple nor in pall, That usen babies all.” As Joseph was a-waukin', Thus did the angel sing, Was born to be our King. Then be you glad, good people, At this time of the year; Unknown REGINA CELI Say, did his sisters wonder what could Joseph see In a mild, silent little Maid like thee? And was it awful in that narrow house, With God for Babe and Spouse? Nay, like thy simple, female sort, each one Apt to find Him in Husband and in Son, Wondrous, for, though Coventry Patmore CHRIST THE MENDICANT A STRANGER, to His own and one alone, He naked was, and she John Banister Tabb A CHRISTMAS CAROL THERE 's a song in the air ! And a baby's low cry! ful sing, For the manger of Bethlehem cradles a king. a There's a tumult of joy Is the Lord of the earth. sing, For the manger of Bethlehem cradles a king. In the light of that star Has swept over the world. King. We rejoice in the light, Ay! we shout to the lovely evangel they bring, And we greet in his cradle our Saviour and King Josiah Gilbert Holland A LITTLE CHILD'S HYMN Thou that once, on mother's knee, me, Be beside me in the light, Once wast thou in cradle laid, Thou art nearer when we pray, Thou my little hymn wilt hear, Francis Turner Palgrave A CAROL He came all so still Where His mother was, That falleth on the grass. He came all so still Where His mother lay, That falleth on the spray. He came all so still To His mother's bower, That falleth on the flower. Mother and maiden Was never none but she ! Unknown |