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A Christmas Faggot By: Alfred Gurney (1845-1898) |
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[Illustration: THAT AT THE NAME OF JESUS EVERY KNEE SHOULD BOW [Cross] TO THE GLORY OF GOD THE FATHERĀ·] A CHRISTMAS FAGGOT BY ALFRED GURNEY, M.A. VICAR OF S. BARNABAS', PIMLICO AUTHOR OF 'THE VISION OF THE EUCHARIST AND OTHER POEMS' ETC. 'The Darling of the world is come, And fit it is we finde a roome To welcome Him. The nobler part Of all the house here is the heart, Which we will give Him, and bequeath This hollie and this ivie wreath To do Him honour who's our King, The Lord of all this revelling' HERRICK, A Christmas Carol LONDON KEGAN PAUL, TRENCH, & CO., 1 PATERNOSTER SQUARE 1884 ( The rights of translation and of reproduction are reserved ) TO MY GODCHILDREN ETHEL, ALBINIA, CYRIL, BASIL, BERTRAM, WILFRID, LOUISE, HELEN, ARTHUR. When the Angel of the waters With a gold and silver wing Gently stirred the wave baptismal, Heard ye not their carolling Who of old to Eastern shepherds Heralded their King? To the shepherds of His people Still those angel voices tell How God's river feeds the fountain Opened by Emmanuel, Yielding the baptismal waters Of salvation's well. Children, you have passed those waters, Love begotten from the dead; Will you make a gallant promise When my verses you have read 'We will trace life's lovely river To the Fountain head'? LOCH LEVEN: 1884. PREFACE. Most of the following poems have appeared in the 'S. Barnabas' Parish Magazine.' For my godchildren and my people I have made them up into a little bundle of sticks a Christmas faggot to feed the fires in the winter palace of our King. It is the Incarnation that justifies all joy, and song is the expression of joy. The Gospel Songs all celebrate the Great Nativity. Birth and marriage are the occasions most sacred to mirth and music among men; and Christmas is at once the Birthday and the Marriage Festival of Humanity. Glad and thankful shall I be if any song of mine should help to fan the flame of rejoicing love in any Christian heart at this holy and happy season. CONTENTS. PAGE YULE TIDE 1 THE MADONNA DI SAN SISTO 6 BETHLEHEM GATE 11 SAINT JOSEPH 16 A CRADLE SONG 18 A CRADLED CHILD 23 AN EMPTY CRADLE 26 NEW YEAR'S EVE 28 THE VICTIM 30 THE DAYSMAN 33 THE PHYSICIAN 36 THE POET 40 THREE SISTERS 43 A CHRISTMAS PUZZLE 46 FOUR EPIPHANIES 48 THE CHILDREN'S EUCHARIST 56 THE GOSPEL SONGS: I. Benedictus 59 II. Magnificat 63 III. Nunc Dimittis 66 NOTES 69 YULE TIDE. 'They bring me sorrow touched with joy, The merry merry bells of Yule.' TENNYSON, In Memoriam . The Royal Birthday dawns again, A stricken world to bless; And sufferers forget their pain, And mourners their distress. Love sings to day; her eyes so fair With happy tears are wet; She is too humble to despair, Too faithful to forget. Her voice is very soft and sweet, Her heart is brave and strong; Her vassal, I would fain repeat Some fragments of her song. A Birthday song my heart would sing Its rapture to express; My Father's son must be a king, And share His consciousness... Continue reading book >>
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