{"id":213,"date":"2009-12-26T22:55:37","date_gmt":"2009-12-26T22:55:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/yourdailyspiritualstimulus\/2009\/12\/a-poem-for-christmas-day.html"},"modified":"2009-12-26T22:55:37","modified_gmt":"2009-12-26T22:55:37","slug":"a-poem-for-christmas-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/yourdailyspiritualstimulus\/2009\/12\/a-poem-for-christmas-day.html","title":{"rendered":"A Poem for Christmas Day"},"content":{"rendered":"


<\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

<\/font><\/b>
<\/font>\"Thumbnail<\/a><\/span>Christmas Carol<\/font><\/b>
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\n<\/font><\/b><\/p>\n


\nIn the bleak mid-winter<\/font><\/b>
\n
\nFrosty wind made moan,<\/font><\/b>
\n
\nEarth stood hard as iron,<\/font><\/b>
\n
\nWater like a stone;<\/font><\/b>
\n
\nSnow had fallen, snow on snow,<\/font><\/b>
\n
\nSnow on snow,<\/font><\/b>
\n
\nIn the bleak mid-winter<\/font><\/b>
\n
\nLong ago.<\/font><\/b><\/p>\n


\nOur God, Heaven cannot hold Him<\/font><\/b>
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\nNor earth sustain;<\/font><\/b>
\n
\nHeaven and earth shall flee away<\/font><\/b>
\n
\nWhen He comes to reign;<\/font><\/b>
\n
\nIn the bleak mid-winter<\/font><\/b>
\n
\nA stable-place sufficed<\/font><\/b>
\n
\nThe Lord God Almighty<\/font><\/b>
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\nJesus Christ.<\/font><\/b><\/p>\n


\nEnough for Him, whom cherubim<\/font><\/b>
\n
\nWorship night and day,<\/font><\/b>
\n
\nA breastful of milk<\/font><\/b>
\n
\nAnd a mangerful of hay;<\/font><\/b>
\n
\nEnough for Him, whom angels<\/font><\/b>
\n
\nFall down before,<\/font><\/b>
\n
\nThe ox and ass and camel<\/font><\/b>
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\nWhich adore.<\/font><\/b><\/p>\n


\nAngels and archangels<\/font><\/b>
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\nMay have gathered there,<\/font><\/b>
\n
\nCherubim and seraphim<\/font><\/b>
\n
\nThronged the air;<\/font><\/b>
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\nBut only His mother<\/font><\/b>
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\nIn her maiden bliss<\/font><\/b>
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\nWorshipped the Beloved<\/font><\/b>
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\nWith a kiss.<\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

<\/font>
\nWhat can I give Him<\/font><\/b>

\nPoor as I am?<\/font><\/b>

\nIf I were a shepherd<\/font><\/b>

\nI would bring a lamb,<\/font><\/b>

\nIf I were a Wise Man<\/font><\/b>

\nI would do my part,–<\/font><\/b>

\nYet what I can I give Him,<\/font><\/b>

\nGive my heart.<\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

~  Christina Rossetti<\/font><\/b><\/font><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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