The earth has grown cold with its burden of care,
But at Christmas it always is young,
The heart of the jewel burns lustrous and fair,
And its soul full of music breaks forth on the air,
When the song of the Angels is sung.
But at Christmas it always is young,
The heart of the jewel burns lustrous and fair,
And its soul full of music breaks forth on the air,
When the song of the Angels is sung.
It is coming, old earth, it is coming to-night!
On snowflakes which covered thy sod,
The feet of the Christ-child fall gently and white,
And the voice of the Christ-child tells out with delight
That mankind are the children of God.
On snowflakes which covered thy sod,
The feet of the Christ-child fall gently and white,
And the voice of the Christ-child tells out with delight
That mankind are the children of God.
On the sad and the lonely, the wretched and poor,
The voice of the Christ-child shall fall;
And to every blind wanderer opens the door
Of a hope which he dared not to dream of before,
With a sunshine of welcome for all.
The voice of the Christ-child shall fall;
And to every blind wanderer opens the door
Of a hope which he dared not to dream of before,
With a sunshine of welcome for all.
The feet of the humblest may walk in the field
Where the feet of the holiest have trod,
This, this is the marvel to mortals revealed,
When the silvery trumpets of Christmas have pealed,
That mankind are the children of God.
Where the feet of the holiest have trod,
This, this is the marvel to mortals revealed,
When the silvery trumpets of Christmas have pealed,
That mankind are the children of God.
—Phillips Brooks.
INDEX
- Alaska, 193
- Alexander the Great, 55
- Alexander, King of the Scots, 42
- Alfred, King, 35
- American Flag, The, 193
- Andros, Governor, 187
- Archbishop of York, 42
- Aryans, 13, 57, 104
- Asia, 15
- Baal, 22
- Bambino, The, 133, 141
- Balder, 15, 16, 17, 22, 99
- Banks, N. P., 188
- Berserks, The, 26, 27, 29
- Bethlehem, 63
- Boar's Head, The, 39, 40
- Bocaccio, 132
- Bolero, The, 156
- Bornhern, Island of, 99
- Boston, 185
- Boxing-day, 61
- Bradford, William, 180,183,185
- Bragi, 19
- Brewster, Elder, 180, 181
- Brooks, Phillips, 197
- Bull-fights, 164
- Cadiz, 161
- Cæsar, Julius, 23
- Céppo, 136, 139
- Cervantes, 150
- Christ, 13, 17, 21, 28, 63, 135, 185
- Christ-child, 100, 101, 102, 129, 196
- Christian Fathers, The, 21
- Cid, The, 150
- Cole, Sir Henry, 46
- Columbus, 150, 169, 171, 172
- Congress, 194, 195
- "Cream of the Year," The, 50, 51
- Czar, The, 116
- Easter, 89, 97
- Edda, The Younger, 14, 15, 17
- Elizabeth (Daughter of Henri VII), 44
- Epiphany, 127, 129, 145, 165
- Executive Mansion, The, 195
- Fandango, 156
- Father of His Country, 195
- Feast of Tabernacles, The, 21
- Festival of Fools, 129
- Fool's Dance, The, 44
- Frankland, 15
- Frederick the Great, 194
- Frey (Freya), 18, 45, 75, 95
- Frost King, The, 117
- Hackin, The, 47
- Hadrian, Emperor, 145
- Hakon the Good, 27
- Hampton Court, 44
- Hawaii, 193
- Hayti, 169
- Hel, 17
- Henry III, 42
- Henry VII, 43, 44
- Henry VIII, 43
- "Hiring Day," 179
- Höder, 16
- Holy Family, The, 135
- Holy Kings, The, 193
- Holy Land, The, 192
- Holy Manger, The, 125, 154
- Holy Night, 63, 65, 71, 140
- Holy Season, The, 140
- Hweolor-tid, 14
- Jamestown, 175, 177
- Janus, 23
- Jehovah, 126
- Jesus, The Little, 126
- Jota, 156
- Julian calendar, The, 25
- Jutland, 15
- Lamb's-wool, 49
- Lapps, The, 76, 77, 79, 80, 81
- Lincoln, President, 195
- Litchfield, 42
- Loki, 15, 16
- Lorraine, 69
- Luther, Martin, 58
- Lycia, 59
- Magi, The, 127, 165
- Magnificat, The, 142
- Margaret, Princess, 42
- Massachusetts Colony, 185
- Massasoit, 181, 182
- Mayflower, The, 181, 182, 183
- "Merry Christmas," 112
- Michelangelo, 132
- Miracle Plays, 66, 67
- Mistletoe, 31, 177
- Mohammedans, The, 159
- Morris Dance, The, 43
- Myra, Bishop of, 59
- Nativity, The, 156, 157, 158
- Naulets, 121
- Navidad, Fortress of, 173, 175
- Niña, The, 169, 170, 171, 173
- Noche-buena, 151, 152, 153
- Noël, 130
- North Pole, The, 76
- Norway, 15
- Novena, The, 134, 136
- Numa, 23, 24
- Palara, 59
- Paradise Play, 66
- Parliament, 47, 187
- Passover, The Jewish, 21
- Petit Anse, 171
- Petrarch, 132
- Petrograd, 115, 116
- Pfeffer Kuchen, 63, 69
- Philadelphia, 195
- Philippines, The, 193
- Pilgrims, The, 180
- Pinta, The, 169, 173
- Plymouth Colony, 179, 180
- Pope, 143, 144, 145
- Pope Julius, 21
- Pope Leo XIII, 146
- Porto Rico, 192
- Presepio, The, 136, 137
- Prince of Peace, The, 168
- Puchero Olla, The, 160
- Puritans, The, 47, 180, 191
- Pytheas, 55, 56
- "Queen of the North" (Sweden), 95
- Saehrimnir, 19
- Sagas, 76
- St. Angelo, Castle of, 140, 144
- St. Barbar's Day, 125
- St. Nicholas, 59, 60, 188
- St. Peter's, 140, 142
- St. Sylvester's Eve, 112
- Santa Claus, 70, 79, 87, 88, 89, 192, 193
- Santa Maria, The, 169, 171, 174
- Saturn, 15
- Saturnalia, Roman, 17, 129, 149, 158
- Saul, 22
- Saxons, The, 31, 33, 34, 35
- Seville, 162
- Shepherds' Hymn, The, 142
- Smith, Captain John, 175, 176
- Sotjelnik, 116
- Star of the East, The, 154
- Svea, 95
- Sweden, 15
- Sylvester, 71
- Tacitus, 23
- Thames, The, 175
- Thor, 13, 26, 28, 38, 95
- Tree of Fate, The, 159
- Tree of Nativity, The, 140
- Trinity, The, 126, 144
- Twelfth Night, 193
- Twelfth-Night Ball, The, 94
- Twelfth-Night Supper, The, 129
- Tyrolese Alps, 66
- Tyrolese peasants, 67
- Valhalla, 16, 19
- Valley Forge, 195
- Vienna, 194
- Vikings, 76
- Virgin Mary, The, 71, 83, 107, 162
- Vortigern, 44
- Warwick, Earl of, 41
- Washington, 194, 195
- Washington, Martha, 195
- Wassail bowl, The, 44
- Westminster Hall, 42
- Whitehall, 48
- Winter Palace, The, 116
- Wise Men, The, 154
- Wodin, 13, 14, 95, 96, 149
- Zealand, 99