<h2> The First Christmas </h2>
<p>Once there lay a little baby<br/>
Sleeping in the fragrant hay,<br/>
And this lovely infant stranger<br/>
Brought our first glad Christmas day.<br/>
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Shepherds on the hillside, watching<br/>
Over wandering flocks at night,<br/>
Heard a strange, sweet strain of music,<br/>
Saw a clear and heavenly light.<br/>
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Listened to the angels' story:—<br/>
How, in David's town so still,<br/>
Slept the infant King of Glory,<br/>
Dreaming of sweet peace, good will.<br/>
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And a star of radiant splendor<br/>
Led them where the baby lay,<br/>
Lowly cradled in a manger,<br/>
On that far-off Christmas day.<br/>
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Though that day was long ago,<br/>
Every child throughout the earth<br/>
Loves to hear each year the story<br/>
Of the gentle Christ Child's birth.<br/>
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And they seem to see the beauty<br/>
Of the eastern star again;<br/>
And repeat the angels' chorus:<br/>
"Peace on earth, good will to men."<br/></p>
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