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CHRISTMAS by CHARLOTTE LOUISE BERTLESEN

First Line: ONCE MORE THE TENDER CHRIST CHILD'S FEET
Last Line: THE MARVEL OF THY BIRTH.
Subject(s): CHILDREN; CHRISTMAS; JESUS CHRIST; CHILDHOOD; NATIVITY, THE;
Once more the tender Christ Child's feet
Touch softly on the earth;
And myriad infant voices sing
The marvel of His birth.

Once more cold human hearts are filled
With sacrifical love;
And mystic voices seem to bring
Good Tidings from above.

Oh, Thou, who came in infant guise
To make the Father real,
Set thou on every nation's heart
Thine everlasting seal,

That peace, whose Prince Thou art, may reign
Upon our troubled earth,
As countless hosts again proclaim
The marvel of Thy birth.



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