Early on Christmas Day, <br />Love, as awake I lay, <br />And heard the Christmas bells ring sweet and clearly, <br />My heart stole through the gloom <br />Into your silent room, <br />And whispered to your heart, `I love you dearly.' <br /> <br />There, in the dark profound, <br />Your heart was sleeping sound, <br />And dreaming some fair dream of summer weather. <br />At my heart's word it woke, <br />And, ere the morning broke, <br />They sang a Christmas carol both together. <br /> <br />Glory to God on high! <br />Stars of the morning sky, <br />Sing as ye sang upon the first creation, <br />When all the Sons of God <br />Shouted for joy abroad, <br />And earth was laid upon a sure foundation. <br /> <br />Glory to God again! <br />Peace and goodwill to men, <br />And kindly feeling all the wide world over, <br />Where friends with joy and mirth <br />Meet round the Christmas hearth, <br />Or dreams of home the solitary rover. <br /> <br />Glory to God! True hearts, <br />Lo, now the dark departs, <br />And morning on the snow-clad hills grows grey. <br />Oh, may love's dawning light <br />Kindled from loveless night, <br />Shine more and more unto the perfect day!<br /><br />Robert Fuller Murray<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-christmas-fancy/
