No darkness fell in all the world that night; The soft light shone as though it were midday; While shepherds heard the chimes of heaven play, The angels ushered in the Prince of Light. A star's unwavering light held deep amaze; Lo, all the wistful air and earth and sky Held pause to hear a Baby's destined cry, And mystic wisemen rode with steadfast gaze. Not they alone, but all have seen the star, Wherever weary ones of earth have trod, Whenever heavenly longing cried to God, Wherever souls are groping from afar. His love illumines life and death's abyss -- Who seeks the King shall need no light but this. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...PENDULUM by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON HOLY SONNET: SATIRE 3. ON RELIGION by JOHN DONNE BROOKLYN BRIDGE by CHARLES GEORGE DOUGLAS ROBERTS HAUNTED by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH TO DR. AIKIN ON HIS COMPLAINING THAT SHE NEGLECTED HIM by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD THE WANDERER by MATHILDE BLIND |