A Christmas On Iona, Long, Long Ago") ?>












\"O Colum of Iona-Isle,", "") ?> And ye who dwell in God's quiet place,", "") ?> Before I crossed your narrow kyle", "") ?> I looked in Heaven upon Christ's face.\"", "") ?>

\"And, Colum of God's Church i' the sea", "") ?> And all ye Brothers of the Rood,", "") ?> The Lord Christ gave a dream to me", "") ?> And bade me bring it ye as food.", "") ?>
\"Lift to the wandering cloud your eyes", "") ?> And let them scan the wandering Deep. . . .", "") ?> Hark ye not there the wandering sighs", "") ?> Of brethren ye as outcasts keep?\"", "") ?>









For lo, our guest an Angel was! . . .", "") ?>


\"O ye, all creatures of the wing,", "") ?> Come here from out the fields o' the sky,", "") ?> Come, here and learn a wondrous thing!\"", "") ?>


\"Come, all ye creatures, to the sands,", "") ?> Come and behold the Sacred Tree!\"", "") ?>











O fellow-kinsmen of the Deep,", "") ?> O kindred of the wind and cloud,", "") ?> God's children too . . . . how He must weep", "") ?> Who on that day was glad and proud!", "") ?>