| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900. |
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| 383. A Christmas Carol |
| | | By Josiah Gilbert Holland |
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| THERE ’S a song in the air! | |
| There ’s a star in the sky! | |
| There ’s a mother’s deep prayer | |
| And a baby’s low cry! | |
| And the star rains its fire while the Beautiful sing, | 5 |
| For the manger of Bethlehem cradles a king. | |
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| There ’s a tumult of joy | |
| O’er the wonderful birth, | |
| For the virgin’s sweet boy | |
| Is the Lord of the earth. | 10 |
| Ay! the star rains its fire and the Beautiful sing, | |
| For the manger of Bethlehem cradles a king. | |
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| In the light of that star | |
| Lie the ages impearled; | |
| And that song from afar | 15 |
| Has swept over the world. | |
| Every hearth is aflame, and the Beautiful sing | |
| In the homes of the nations that Jesus is King. | |
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| We rejoice in the light, | |
| And we echo the song | 20 |
| That comes down through the night | |
| From the heavenly throng. | |
| Ay! we shout to the lovely evangel they bring, | |
| And we greet in his cradle our Saviour and King. | |
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