Excerpt from Poetry Wayside Thoughts: A Collection of Poems on Various Subjects, Sacred, Special and Tributary, With Some Few Thoughts in Prose

The Love Of The Saviour.

Some write of the love of the youth and the maiden,
With books on the subject our shelves are all laden,
Some write upon friendship, one man for another,
A few have attempted the love of a mother,
I will write of a love that does all these excel,
'Tis the love of the Saviour. Ah, who can it tell!

It dawned in the garden, but the morning was far,
It beamed on for ages, like a glimmering star,
From Eden to Bethlehem, tho' dim was the light,
'Til it burst on the shepherds in glory at night.
Then it brought down from Heaven the angelic throng,
And it caused them to sing that beautiful song.

It was love sent the star that directed the road
Which led right to the dear little stranger's abode.
There he lay in the manger - so peaceful, so sweet,
While the sages brought presents, and laid at his feet
Oh, the love of the Saviour! Ah, see where it smiled
In the soul-speaking eyes of that beautiful child!

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