•     there ’s a song in the air!
        There ’s a star in the sky!
        There ’s a mother’s deep prayer
        And a baby’s low cry!
    And the star rains its fire while the Beautiful sing,
    For the manger of Bethlehem cradles a king.

        There ’s a tumult of joy
        O’er the wonderful birth,
        For the virgin’s sweet boy
        Is...

  • A Lighter scarf of richer fold
      The morning flushed upon our sight,
    And Evening trimmed her lamps of gold,
      From deeper springs of purer light;
    And softer drips bedewed the lea,
    And whiter blossoms veiled the tree,
    And bluer waves danced on the sea
    When baby Zulma came to be!

    The day before, a bird had sung
      Strange...

  • What can I give Him,

         Poor as I am?

    If I were a shepherd

         I would bring a lamb;

    If I were a wise man,

         I would do my part,—

    Yet what I can I give Him,

         Give my heart.