CHRISTMAS EVE.
.-. "And .Joseph' alsowent up , , , unto BetMoliem." ' • ■■ ■ Among : the dyrk-skmned press Ids spear bull made Merciless order-^rchecJced the human spate, : So that the surge of. going was not stayed Beneath the arches of the Joppa gate. Through two fierce morning hours his armour burned, Great gourts of siveat ran 'neath his helmet's brim; % ~A man,-ivhose pale wife's beast he gently turned, ■;■ ■"■:;, Gape water from a little flask to him. 'lirid§wten the glittering cohort, of the stars. . . ':Swept tip the darkened sky,, and: his: tall plume. _ : '\ , -. Nodded against his 'spear—it came to pass "■".'. ' He saw a brightness in the southern gloom, And'noise of singing stole upon the wind, And a strange peace was born into his mind. . -.- ■•; ..-'■'■■■'■'■ —Alexander Turner.
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Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 150, 21 December 1929, Page 20
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119CHRISTMAS EVE. Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 150, 21 December 1929, Page 20
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