CHRISTMAS
THE STAB o ■ ‘ ' '■'■■■ ■ The hillside is ablaze with gorse, ; In gardens, roste bloom; Hound the Bay theNdutfins waves ; A gentle cadence orocn. Above /the pines, the lark sings clear, And'’neath the. branches wide, , The thrush's haunting ..song makes glad The hearts on. that fair hillside. And here beneath the Southern- Cross, f In the glory of the yoar, , , Up from the belfries in-the town--The Christinas, hell we-hear. ~ And to our minds come legends old, Of hillsides, fat away; Where shepherds watched' -a ■ wondrous star, ' At the dawn of a Ghristmaa-.Day,: And flowers, in their' Winter, sleep. Burst into blooins, so fair; Anti in the silver star-lit night Birds, sang a carol rare. And a gentle Mother with v eyes aglow, To her' babe, so softly sings, The.'babe;vfor ever :tpr be known - -v As Christ, the King of Kings} ' ' And‘journeying by pathways steep', ' ; Will come the Wise Men three; ' : With offerings fair and perfumes rare, Tri greet the Mystery. ■ - ’ And, the shepherds’ eyes, with wonder / - fill, ■ . - / As they follow that starry “sign," • As they, load their sheep on the pathways' k creep , v ■. '.: ~ ■■ -, ; In that land of Palestine. - .- ' >.# ... . * ... ? . ■; ;0 ! ..Legends sweet, of far r off .days, : ;..:MakKglßd. our'Ghririjpas' time,. .-Aadi'stir-ionr hearts ..with npolq ffroughts :. Of Charity Divine.'' , 1 ■v ' W': -...- i • ■ ' 1 Hush. ■ ' Here,, in/this flower-clad; sunny- land, ■ " In thp Summer of the year,, , ■ . r While we list to the thrush in the'quiet' - - liusll, - , - - - , . : . the Christmas bell, ye hear.May' our thoughts readi ■ upwards to the -, ' Light, .. . ■■■-.' a —■ .■ As we think of those. scenes afar. Where shepherds ’followed the r sflver -..-..-beams, ..... ... .- 1 - That; flashed Ji’oni that Guiding- Star! ■« —LAURA 'JUiIN’ VICTORY. <
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New Zealand Times, Volume LI, Issue 12008, 10 December 1924, Page 10 (Supplement)
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271CHRISTMAS New Zealand Times, Volume LI, Issue 12008, 10 December 1924, Page 10 (Supplement)
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