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Lucy Maud Montgomery - The Christmas Night
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Wrapped was the world in slumber deep, 
By seaward valley and cedarn steep, 
And bright and blest were the dreams of its sleep; 
All the hours of that wonderful night-tide through 
The stars outblossomed in fields of blue, 
A heavenly chaplet, to diadem 
The King in the manger of Bethlehem. 

Out on the hills the shepherds lay, 
Wakeful, that never a lamb might stray, 
Humble and clean of heart were they; 
Thus it was given them to hear 
Marvellous harpings strange and clear, 
Thus it was given them to see 
The heralds of the nativity. 

In the dim-lit stable the mother mild 
Looked with holy eyes on her child, 
Cradled him close to her heart and smiled; 
Kingly purple nor crown had he, 
Never a trapping of royalty; 
But Mary saw that the baby`s head 
With a slender nimbus was garlanded. 

Speechless her joy as she watched him there, 
Forgetful of pain and grief and care, 
And every thought in her soul was a prayer; 
While under the dome of the desert sky 
The Kings of the East from afar drew nigh, 
And the great white star that was guide to them 
Kept ward o`er the manger of Bethlehem.
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