Richard Watson Gilder ( 4 of 14 )
I am the laughter of the new-born child
On whose soft-breathing sleep an angel smiled.
I am the laughter of the new-born child
On whose soft-breathing sleep an angel smiled.
Stream of the living world
Where dash the billows of strife!--
One plunge in the mighty torrent
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Stream of the living world
Where dash the billows of strife!--
One plunge in the mighty torrent
Is a year of tamer life!
City of glorious days,
Of hope, and labour and mirth,
With room and to spare, on thy splendid bays
For the ships of all the earth!
What babe new born is this that in a manger cries?
Near on her lowly bed his happy mother read more
What babe new born is this that in a manger cries?
Near on her lowly bed his happy mother lies.
Oh, see the air is shaken with white and heavenly wings--
This is the Lord of all the earth, this is the King of Kings.
I am the spirit of the morning sea,
I am the awakening and the glad surprise.
I am the spirit of the morning sea,
I am the awakening and the glad surprise.
