A Song for Christmas Morning
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O wear for garment mirth Upon the soul, As all the fields of earth Wear one white stole! A dream of things long gone Let sorrow be: Turn thou thine eyes on dawn, Thy heart on glee! What wonder everywhere Above, abroad! The amplitudes of air Abrim with God. His presence shining through The risen sun, And in the bending blue His benison. Into the gulfs of gloom Go death and night; Behold around thee bloom Glad life and light! The veil of darkness drawn, Thy vision free, Turn thou thy soul on dawn, Exultingly!