But the windows were closed, and the doors were barred, And only a light in the stable burned. And cradled there in the scented hay, In the air made sweet by the breath of kine, The little child in the manger lay, The child, that would be king one day... St. Nicholas - Page 662edited by - 1882Full view - About this book
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1880 - 686 pages
...The little child in the manger lay, The cliild that would be king one day Of a kingdom not human out divine. His mother, Mary of Nazareth, Sat watching...his feet : The gold was their tribute to a King, The frankincense, with its odour sweet, Was for the Priest, the Paraclete, The myrrh for the body's burying.... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1880 - 144 pages
...by the breath of kine, The little child in the manger lay, The child that would be king one day Cf a kingdom not human but divine. His mother Mary of...breath, For the joy of life and the terror of death They laid their offerings at his feet : The gold was their tribute to a King, The frankincense, with... | |
| Marcius Willson - 1881 - 486 pages
...in the manger lay,— The child that would be king one day Of a kingdom not human, but divine. 11. His mother, Mary of Nazareth, Sat watching beside...terror of death Were mingled together in her breast. 12. They laid their offerings at his feet; The gold was their tribute to a king; The frankincense,... | |
| Marcius Willson - 1881 - 492 pages
...there in the scented hay, In the air made sweet by the breath of kine, The little child in the manger lay,— The child that would be king one day Of a kingdom not human, but divine. 11. His mother, Mary of Nazareth, Sat watching beside his place of rest, Watching the even flow of... | |
| Marcius Willson - 1881 - 488 pages
...there in the scented hay, In the air made sweet by the breath of kine, The little child in the manger lay, — The child that would be king one day Of a kingdom not human, but divine. 11. His mother, Mary of Nazareth, Sat watching beside his place of rest, Watching the even flow of... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1886 - 698 pages
...there in the scented hay, In the air made sweet by the breath of kine, The little child in the manger lay, The child that would be king one day Of a kingdom...at his feet : The gold was their tribute to a King, '"•636 A HANDFUL OF TRANSLATIONS. The frankincense, with its odour sweet, Was for the Priest, the... | |
| Saint-Nicholas - 1882 - 1034 pages
...there in the scented hay, In the air made sweet by the breath of kine, The little child in the manger lay, — The child that would be king one day Of a...Were mingled together in her breast. They laid their ofTciings at his feet; The gold was their tribute to a king; The frankincense, with its odor sweet,... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1894 - 748 pages
...there in the scented hay, In the air made sweet by the breath of kine, The little child in the manger lay, The child, that would be king one day Of a kingdom...his feet : The gold was their tribute to a King, The frankincense, with its odor sweet, Was for the Priest, the Paraclete, The myrrh for the body's burying.... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1883 - 744 pages
...there in the scented hay, In the air made sweet by the breath of kine, The little child in the manger lay, The child, that would be king one day Of a kingdom...his feet : The gold was their tribute to a King, The frankincense, with its odour sweet, Was for the Priest, the Paraclete, The myrrh for the body's burying.... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1883 - 588 pages
...there in the scented hay, In the air made sweet by the breath of kine, The little child in the manger lay, The child, that would be king one day Of a kingdom...his feet : The gold was their tribute to a King, The frankincense, with its odour sweet, Was for the Priest, the Paraclete, The myrrh for the body's burying.... | |
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