Those who die on Christmas Day <br />(I heard the triumphant Seraph say) <br />Will be remembered, for they died <br />Upon the Holy Christmastide; <br />When they attain to Paradise, <br />The Angels with the tranquil Eyes <br />Will ask if Jesus rules on Earth <br />The Anniversary of His Birth; <br />This Question do they ask alway <br />Of those who die on Christmas Day. <br /> <br />Those who are born on Christmas Day <br />(I heard the triumphant Seraph say) <br />Will bring again the Peace on Earth <br />That came with gentle Christ His Birth; <br />They may be lowly Folk and poor <br />Living about the Manger Door, <br />They may be Kings of Mighty Line, <br />Their Lives alike will be benign; <br />To them belongeth Peace alway, <br />Those who are born on Christmas Day.<br /><br />Duncan Campbell Scott<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/christmas-folk-song/
