Two Child Angels on Christmas Night,
They stood on the brow of Heaven's hill;
The stars beneath them were glancing bright,
And the air was clear and still.
"That is the Earth that dazzles so—
That shines with a glad and a radiant light—
That is the Earth where, long ago,
I was born on the Christmas Night!"
Thus said the one, and the other replied,
"Forever dear is the Earth in my sight;
For there, full long ago, I died,
On the holy Christmas Night!"