Lo! Bethlehem’s[418] hill-site before me is seen,
With the mountains around and the valleys between;
There rested the shepherds of Judah[419], and there,
The song of the angels rose sweet on the air.
4. And Bethany’s[420] palm trees in beauty still throw
Their shadows at noon on the ruins below;
But where are the sisters who hastened to greet
The lowly Redeemer, and sit at his feet?
I tread where the Twelve in their wayfaring trod;
I stand where they stood with the Incarnate God;