By the Sea, and Other Verses

<h2><SPAN name="CHRISTMAS" id="CHRISTMAS">CHRISTMAS</SPAN></h2> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Dawn of glory! radiant morn!<br/></span> <span class="i0">To-day the Christ, our King, is born.<br/></span> <span class="i0">Our King, our Saviour, Son of Man,<br/></span> <span class="i0">And Son of God&mdash;all-wondrous plan!<br/></span> <span class="i0">A Virgin's joy; a world's salvation;<br/></span> <span class="i0">Humblest type of exaltation!<br/></span> <span class="i0">Highest form of life despised;<br/></span> <span class="i0">Visage marred, and beauty prized.<br/></span> <span class="i0">By angels heralded on high;<br/></span> <span class="i0">By men abhorred and doomed to die.<br/></span> <span class="i0">Entombed secure 'neath seal and stone;<br/></span> <span class="i0">Uprisen to the Eternal Throne!<br/></span> <span class="i0">Hail, blessed light! Hail glorious morn!<br/></span> <span class="i0">The Wonderful, the Christ is born!<br/></span></div> </div> <hr class="chap" /> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />