Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 114
THE SHEPHERDS IN JUDEA. Oh, the Shepherds in Judea, They are thinking, as they go,Of the light that broke their watchingOn the hillside in the snow! —Scattered snow along the hillside, white as springtime fleeces are,With the whiter wings above them and the glory-streaming star—Guiding-star across… … Oh, the Shepherds in Judea! — Do you think the Shepherds knowHow the whole round earth is brightenedIn the ruddy Christmas glow?How the sighs are lost in laughter, and the laughter brings the tears,As the thoughts of men go seeking back across the darkling yearsTill they find the wayside stable…
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