CHRISTMAS.
Why do the bells keep ringing?—
It is Christmas.
Without, in the snowy street,
Thou mayest hear a sound of feet;
The noise of people who pass
On their way to hear midnight mass
At the church around the corner.
Holy Christmas!
It is Christmas.
Without, in the snowy street,
Thou mayest hear a sound of feet;
The noise of people who pass
On their way to hear midnight mass
At the church around the corner.
Holy Christmas!
Why dost thou call it holy,
Holy Christmas?—
Child, upon a Christmas night,
Rose the wondrous star whose light
Holy Christmas?—
Child, upon a Christmas night,
Rose the wondrous star whose light
