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Frederick
George Scott
COLLECTED
POEMS
Christmas
Day
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O wondrous Child, all down the adoring ages
Worshipped
and fought for by the sons of men,
Stronger than warriors, wiser than the sages,
Maker
and King of realms beyond our ken,
Once
more upon our night
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Thy
star shines clear and bright,
And we fall down before Thee once again.
Weary are we of mounting paths of duty,
Baffled
by wisdom of the overwise;
Dark is life’s outlook, till we catch Thy
beauty,
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Calm
as the dawn upon the morning skies;
Then
swiftly far and near
Earth’s
landscape shines out clear
And life once more becomes a glad surprise.
Give us Thy freshness, give us childhood’s
wonder,
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Give
us child joy in mountain, sea and sky,
Give us the love which no vain loves can sunder,
Childhood’s
strong faith and true, unquestioning eye;
And
let us join the play
Of
childhood’s world today—
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men made young by wisdom from on high. [Page
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