The General Literature Committee of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge beg to express their thanks to the Archbishop of Dublin, Mr. Locker, Mr. M. Arnold, and Messrs. Bell & Daldy, Longman, Macmillan, Strahan, Blackwood, and Milner & Sowerby, for permitting the use . . 52 . 55 . 58 60 . . 63 68 73 80 82 90 THE CYCLE OF LIFE. THE ANGEL'S STORY. THROUGH the blue and frosty heavens, Christmas stars were shining bright; Glistening lamps through the great City Almost matched their gleaming light; While the winter snow was lying, And the winter winds were sighing, Long ago, one Christmas night. While from every tower and steeple Pealing bells were sounding clear (Never with such tones of gladness, Save when Christmas time is near), Many a one that night was merry Who had toiled through all the year. B 2 THE CYCLE OF LIFE. That night saw old wrongs forgiven, Friends, long parted, reconciled ; Mournful cyes that rarely smiled, From their anxious thought beguiled. Yet one house was dim and darkened : Gloom, and sickness, and despair Creeping up the marble stair, For a child lay dying there. |
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