DECEMBER 307 



" No cloud obscures the violet arch above, 



While clear from heights unfathomable, orbs 

 Shed joys divine which waiting earth absorbs, 

 Foretelling the glad day of peace and love. 



The glad day dawns, Christ's welcome natal day, 

 And our souls rise from out th' involving gloom, 

 Within our hearts hope plants her fairest bloom, 



Love sings to us her sweetest, holiest lay." 



