Some that ever 'gainst that season comes
say
Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated,
The bird of dawning singeth all night long:
And then, they say, no spirit dares stir abroad;
The nights are wholesome; then no planets
strike,
No fairy takes, nor witch hath power to charm,
So hallow'd and so gracious is the time.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE.
Brightest and Best of the Sons of the Morning
Brightest and best of the Sons of the morning!
Dawn on our darkness and lend us thine aid!
Star of the East, the horizon adorning,
Guide where our imam nedeemer is laid!
Cold on His cradle the dewdrops are shining,
Low lies His head with the beasts of the stall:
Angels adore Him in slumber reclining,
Maker and Monarch and Saviour of all!
Say, shall we yield Him, in costly devotion,
Odors of Edom and offerings divine?
Gems of the mountain and pearls of the ocean,
Myrrh from the forest, or gold from the
The Vainly we offer each ample oblation;
Vainly with gifts would His favor secure: Richer by far is the heart's adoration;
Dearer to God are the prayers of the poor.
Brightest and best of the Sons of the morning!
Dawn on our darkness and lend us thine aid!
Star of the East, the horizon adorning,
Guide where our Infant Redeemer is laid!
ADDISON, JOSEPH [1672-1719]: The Spacious
Firmament on High, 54.
ALDRICH, THOMAS BAILEY [1836-]: Maple
Leaves, 17; Before the Rain, 31; Tiger-Lilies, 71;
A Turkish Legend, 611.
ALEXANDER, CECIL FRANCES [1830-1895]:
The Burial of Moses, 504.
Rose, 70; The Fairy Folk, 174; Blowing Bubbles,
195; Windlass Song, 268; The Abbot of Inisfalen,
474.
ANDERSON, ALEXANDER [1845-]: Cuddle
Doon, 126.
ARNOLD, EDWIN [1831-1: Almond Blossom, 69.
ARNOLD, GEORGE [1834-1865]: Sweet Septem-
ber, 15.
ARNOLD, MATTHEW [1822-1888]: The Forsaken
Merman, 444.
AUSTIN, ALFRED [1835—]: To America, 347.
AYTOUN, WILLIAM EDMONDSTOUNE [1813-
1865]: The Old Scottish Cavalier, 281.
BALLADS, OLD: Sir Patrick Spens, 551; The Bailiff's
Daughter of Islington, 555; King John and the
Abbot of Canterbury, 558: Lord Beichan and
Susie Pye, 563; The Gay Gos-hawk, 569; Eart
Mar's Daughter, 576; Chevy-Chace, 582; Hynde
Horn, 593; Glenlogie, 597.
BARING-GOULD, SABINE [1834-]: The Olive
Tree, 619.
BEECHING, HENRY CHARLES [1859-]: Bicy
cling Song, 196; A Boy's Prayer, 626.
BENNETT, HENRY HOLCOMB [1863-]: The
Flag Goes By, 324.
BENNETT, WILLIAM COX [1820-1895]: Invoca-
tion to Rain in Summer, 34; To a Cricket, 113.
BLAKE, WILLIAM [1757-1828]: The Tiger, 53.
BOKER, GEORGE HENRY [1823–1890]: The Black
Regiment, 326.
BONAR, HORATIO [1808-1890]: Be True, 610.
BROOKS, PHILLIPS [1835–1893]: 0 Little Town of
Bethlehem. 648.
BROWNELL, HENRY HOWARD [1820–1872]:
Abraham Lincoln, 321; Night Quarters, 329.
BROWNING, ELIZABETH BARRETT [1809-
1861]: Reading (from "Aurora Leigh"), 209;
A Portrait, 231; Romance of the Swan's Nest, 423.
BROWNING, ROBERT [1812–1889]: April in Eng-
land, 8; How They Brought the Good News from
Ghent to Aix, 464; The Pied Piper of Hamelin,
480; Hervé Riel, 493; Incident of the French
Camp, 544.
BRYANT, WILLIAM CULLEN [1794-1878]:
March, 6: The Planting of the Apple Tree, 59;
To the Fringed Gentian, 72; The Death of the
Flowers, 28; To a Waterfowl, 105; The Twenty-
second of December, 306.
BUNYAN, JOHN [1628-1688]: The Shepherd Boy
Sings in the Valley of Humiliation, 610; The Pil
grim, 632.
BURNS, ROBERT [1759-1796]: To a Mountain
Daisy, 73; Chloe, 238; O Mally's Meek, Mally's
Sweet, 239; I Love My Jean, 252; My Nannie's
Awa', 253; My Heart's in the Highlands, 277; Ban-
nockburn, 539.
BYRON, GEORGE GORDON, LORD [1763-1824]:
Swimming (from "The Two Foscari "), 202; To
the Ocean (from "Childe Harold's Pilgrimage "),
225; Vision of Belshazzar, 500; The Night before
Waterloo (from "Childe Harold's Pilgrimage "),
540; The Destruction of Sennacherib, 548.
CAMPBELL, THOMAS [1777–1844]: Ye Mariners of
England, 290; Lord Ullin's Daughter, 416; Battle
of the Baltic, 511; Hohenlinden, 542.
CAREW, THOMAS [1589–1639]: Spring, 7.
CARLYLE, THOMAS [1795-1881]: To-Day, 602.
CARMAN, BLISS [1861—]: A Vagabond Song, 201.
CARROLL, LEWIS (REV. CHARLES LUTWIDGE
DODGSON [1832-1890]: A Song of Love, 122;
The Walrus and the Carpenter, 381.
CARY, ALICE [1820-1871]: The "Gray Swan,"
CLOUGH, ARTHUR HUGH [1819-1861]: Where
Lies the Land? 273.
COLERIDGE, SAMUEL TAYLOR [1772-1834]:
Kubla Khan, 160; The Knight's Tomb, 292.
COLLINS, WILLIAM [1720-1756]: How Sleep the
Brave! 292.
COOLIDGE, SUSAN (SARAH
(SARAH C. WOOLSEY)
[1845-1905]: Bind-Weed, 74; Time to Go, 86.
CORNWALL, BARRY (BRYAN WALLER · PROC-
TER) [1790-1874]: The Hunter's Song, 223·
The Blood Horse, 225; The Sea, 258.
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