The Shepherds

KATHLEEN ANNETTE SCAMMELL

Hark! The angels softly singing,
Making bright the night with praise—
Pæans through the darkness winging:
Joy and peace be, all thy days!

How the listening shepherds wonder,
Wrapt with awe at heavenly sound;
Sweetest vision! Long they ponder
On its messages profound.

Through the years their flocks attending,
Month by month with patient care,
Now the glory God is sending
Flows revealed through faithful prayer.

Jesus, Way-shower, comes to lighten
Human misery and woe!
May the world with welcome brighten!
Come, to Bethlehem let us go.

Let us, with due homage spoken,
Teach the meaning of this birth—
Worship and revere this token
Of divinity on earth!

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