Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve, December 24th, 2024

Christmas Eve by Christina Rossetti (1830-1894)

Christmas hath a 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 thy music,

   Birds that sing and bells that ring,

Heaven hath answering music

   For all angels so to sing:

Earth, put on your whitest

   Bridal robe of spotless snow:

Christmas bringeth Jesus,

   Brought for us so low.