Brightens—it is the Saviour’s birth!
“The gloom of earth is cleft in twain
Struck by that sudden, solar ray;
Color and life return again
Before the shining face of day.
“Thee, Christ, alone we seek to know,
Thee, pure in mind, and plain in speech;
We seek thee in our worship, so
That thou canst through our senses teach.
“How many are the dreams of dread