Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Asia: Vols. XXI–XXIII. 1876–79. | | | | Syria: Bethlehem | | The Angels’ Song | | William Drummond of Hawthornden (1585–1649) |
| | | RUN, shepherds, run where Bethlem blest appears, | |
| We bring the best of news, be not dismayed, | |
| A Saviour there is born, more old than years, | |
| Amidst Heaven’s rolling heights this earth who stayed; | |
| In a poor cottage inned, a virgin maid,— | 5 |
| There is he poorly swaddled, in manger laid,— | |
| A weakling did him bear, who all upbears, | |
| To whom too narrow swaddlings are our spheres: | |
| Run, shepherds, run, and solemnize his birth, | |
| This is that night, no,—day grown great with bliss, | 10 |
| In which the power of Satan broken is; | |
| In Heaven be glory, peace unto the earth. | |
| Thus singing through the air the angels swam, | |
| And cope of stars re-echoéd the same. | | | | |
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