Mary's Song
Above the sunken lake of Galilee,
Lay isolated disdained Nazareth,
Where misted in obscurity
Was Mary born. Her kin Elizabeth
Gave John the Baptist birth. But Mary wrought
The Motherhood of ages: Jesus, Son
Of Man, Whose prophesied arrival brought
Astrologers and shepherds one by one
To marvel. Mary, in a squalid cave
In Bethlehem nursed Infant Child with care.
The Savior Whose death forgave
Our primal sin too weightisome to bear.
To celebrate that first far Christmastime,
Let carillons of joy inside us chime.
Copyright © Steve Eng | Year Posted 2009
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