Poem by Christina Georgina Rossetti

Christmas Eve

CHRISTMAS hath darkness
Brighter than the blazing noon,
Christmas hath a chillness
Warmer than the heat of June,
Christmas hath a beauty
Lovelier than the world can show:
For Christmas bringeth Jesus,
Brought for us so low.
Earth, strike up your music,
Birds that sing and bells that ring;
Heaven hath answering music
For all Angels soon to sing:
Earth, put on your whitest
Bridal robe of spotless snow:
For Christmas bringeth Jesus,
Brought for us so low.

1. A Testimony
2. Three Little Children
3. Herself A Rose Who Bore The Rose
4. Maiden May
5. I Caught a Little Ladybird

Mathilde Blind Christmas Eve ("Alone—with one fair star for company")

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