917. Noel by Richard Watson Gilder. Stedman, Edmund Clarence, ed. 1900. An American Anthology, 1787-1900

Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900.

917. Noël

By Richard Watson Gilder


STAR-DUST and vaporous light,—
The mist of worlds unborn,—
A shuddering in the awful night
Of winds that bring the morn.

Now comes the dawn: the circling earth;	5
Creatures that fly and crawl;
And Man, that last, imperial birth;
And Christ, the flower of all.