In the Morning

Chapter 66: “STAR OF BETHLEHEM.”

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A sequence of lyric poems that meditates on dawn, nature, and spiritual feeling, often deploying mountain, forest, and seaside imagery to probe grief, consolation, and renewal. Poems move among quiet pastorals, occasional and domestic verse, devotional hymns, translations, and lighter nonsense pieces, following seasonal rhythms and holiday observances. The voice shifts between elegiac introspection and bright affirmation, favoring sensory detail—birdsong, running water, sunlight—and a consolatory outlook that finds moral and emotional sustenance in simple scenes and ritual moments.

“STAR OF BETHLEHEM.”

Gentle-Faced child-flower—

One of the least—

Dost thou remember

The Star in the East,

Bethlehem’s hill-tops

Flushing with morn,

When in a manger

The dear Christ was born?

Lambs on the hillside

Peacefully slept;

Shepherds, abiding near,

Faithful watch kept.

Bright in the heavens

Shone a new star,

Guiding o’er deserts

Wise Men from afar.

White Flower of Bethlehem,

Lo, it is morn!

Shine on the manger

Where Jesus was born.

We, too, shall find Him,

Though humblest and least,

Led by thy radiance,

Bright Star in the East.