The Christmas Door
'Tis ever so since love broke through,
And down the widening spaces flew;
That blessed year
Our Lord came near;
For him swung back the starry bound;
Deepened far up the great profound;
All Heaven swept outward at his birth,
And naught was narrow but the earth!
And down the widening spaces flew;
That blessed year
Our Lord came near;
For him swung back the starry bound;
Deepened far up the great profound;
All Heaven swept outward at his birth,
And naught was narrow but the earth!
Now evermore he stands and waits
Some lifting of these lower gates;
But once a year
He waits more near:
Shall the blest door be thrown so wide,
And only we the entrance hide?
Unbar our hearts, make room within,
And let the holy Christmas in!
Some lifting of these lower gates;
But once a year
He waits more near:
Shall the blest door be thrown so wide,
And only we the entrance hide?
Unbar our hearts, make room within,
And let the holy Christmas in!
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