“NOEL” by
J.R.R. Tolkien
The moon and
stars were fled,
The hall was
dark without song or light,
The fires were
fallen dead.
The wind in the
trees was like to the sea,
And over the
mountains’ teeth
It whistled
bitter-cold and free,
As a sword
leapt from its sheath.
The lord of
snows upreared his head;
His mantle long
and pale
Upon the bitter
blast was spread
And hung o’er
hill and dale.
The world was
blind,
the boughs were
bent,
All ways and
paths were wild:
Then the veil
of cloud apart was rent,
And here was
born a Child.
The ancient
dome of heaven sheer
Was pricked
with distant light;
A star came
shining white and clear
Alone above the
night.
In the dale of
dark in that hour of birth
One voice on a
sudden sang:
Then all the
bells in Heaven and Earth
Together at
midnight rang.
Mary sang in
this world below:
They heard her
song arise
O’er mist and
over mountain snow
To the walls of
Paradise,
And the tongue
of many bells was stirred
in Heaven’s
towers to ring
When the voice
of mortal maid was heard,
That was mother
of Heaven’s King.
Glad is the
world and fair this night
With stars
about its head,
And the hall is
filled with laughter and light,
And fires are
burning red.
The bells of
Paradise now ring
With bells of
Christendom,
And Gloria, Gloria we will sing
That God on earth is come.
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. Isaiah 9.6
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