Carol
William Canton (1845-1926)
Source: "Christmas Carols - Old & New." London: G. G. Harrup & Co., ca. 1918, pp. 52-3.
When the herds were watching
In the midnight chill,
Came a spotless lambkin
From the heavenly hill.
Snow was on the mountains,
And the wind was cold,
When from God's own garden
Dropped a rose of gold.
When 'twas bitter winter,
Houseless and forlorn
In a star-lit stable
Christ the Babe was born.
Welcome, golden rose;
Alleluia, Baby,
In the swaddling clothes!
Also found in Anne Thaxter Eaton, ed., Welcome Christmas! A Garland Of Poems. New York: The Viking Press, 1955.
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