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"Fifty Christmas Poems for Children", by Florence B. Hyett, [1923],

Carol

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, heavenly lambkin,

Welcome, golden rose;

Alleluia, Baby

In the swaddling clothes!

--william CANTON