Christmas Song
With evil fettered, yet, with tears
Born of its sin and shame,
Thy world, through all the weary years,
Calls, still, upon thy name:
Thy name, O Child of Bethlehem!
O child of Bethlehem,
The crucified and slain!
Its tides of warring ills to stem,
And speak them "peace" again.
Jesus, in prayer we bow
Low at thy shrine:
Pardon and peace,
O Thou Saviour, divine!
Deaf have we been,
Thy word to hear;
And blind our eyes to see.
How beautiful the way, and clear,
That leads to Heaven and Thee.
Yet truant, all, in deed and thought,
Lord, from the Father's throne,
Lean to thy world, so dearly bought,
And claim it, still, thine own.
Ruler and King! we bow
Low at thy shrine,
Pardon and peace,
O Thou Saviour, divine!
About this poem
This is the lyrics to a song composed by Oscar Weil with the title "Christmas Song". Ina Coolbrith wrote the lyrics. It was copyrighted by Oscar Weil in 1898. I found it published in the San Francisco Call December 18th, 1898. It is available in the Library of Congress Chronicling America collection, as sheet music.
Written on December 18, 1898
Submitted by jassnaround on November 03, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | xaxabbxbxcDED xxfxfxgxgcDED |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 717 |
Words | 157 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 13, 13 |
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