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A CHRISTMAS FOLK-SONG by LIZETTE WOODWORTH REESE

Poet Analysis

First Line: THE LITTLE JESUS CAME TO TOWN
Last Line: FOR THAT THEY HOUSED HIM FROM THE COLD!
Subject(s): CHRISTMAS; NATIVITY, THE;

THE little Jesus came to town;
The wind blew up, the wind blew down;
Out in the street the wind was bold;
Now who would house Him from the cold?
Then opened wide a stable door,
Fair were the rushes on the floor;
The Ox put forth a horned head:
"Come, little Lord, here make Thy bed."
Uprose the Sheep were folded near:
"Thou Lamb of God, come, enter here."
He entered there to rush and reed,
Who was the Lamb of God indeed.
The little Jesus came to town;
With ox and sheep He laid Him down;
Peace to the byre , peace to the fold,
For that they housed Him from the cold!



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