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!”