StoryTitle("caps", "Christmas Carol") ?>
StoryOrigin("center", SmallCapsText("From the Neapolitan") ) ?>
PoemStart() ?>
PagePoem(24, "L0", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "When Christ was born in Bethlehem,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "'T was night, but seemed the noon of day;", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", " The stars, whose light", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", " Was pure and bright,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Shone with unwavering ray;", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "But one, one glorious star", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Guided the Eastern Magi from afar.", "") ?>
DisplayImagewithCaption("text", "zpage024", "
", "
", "center", "70",
"2", "2", "[Illustration]", SmallCapsText( "The Wise Men Guided by the Star")) ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Then peace was spread throughout the land;", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "The lion fed beside the tender lamb;", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", " And with the kid,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", " To pasture led,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", " The spotted leopard fed;", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "In peace, the calf and bear,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "The wolf and lamb reposed together there.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "As shepherds watched their flocks by night,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "An angel, brighter than the sun's own light,", "") ?>
PagePoem(25, "L0", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", " Appeared in air,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", " And gently said,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", " Fear not,—be not afraid,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "For lo! beneath your eyes,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Earth has become a smiling paradise.", "") ?>
PoemEnd() ?>