Calm on the listening ear of night Come heaven's melodious strains, Where wild Judea stretches far O'er silver-mantled plains. Celestial choirs from courts above Shed sacred glories there; And angels with their sparkling lyres Make music in the air. The answering hills of Palestine Send back the glad reply; And greet from all their holy heights The Day Spring from on high. O'er the blue depths of Galilee There comes a holier calm; The Sharon waves, in solemn praise, Her silent groves of palm. "Glory to God!" the sounding skies Loud with their anthems ring; "Peace to the earth, good will to men, From heaven's eternal King." Light on thy hills, Jerusalem: The Saviour now is born, And bright on Bethlehem's joyous plains Breaks the first Christmas morn. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE SHPEHERD'S HOUR by PAUL VERLAINE THE SPELLIN' BEE by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR THE ENKINDLED SPRING by DAVID HERBERT LAWRENCE SHAMEFUL DEATH by WILLIAM MORRIS (1834-1896) NORTH-WEST PASSAGE: 1. GOOD NIGHT by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON THE TEARS OF A PAINTER by VINCENT BOURNE |