Carols Old and Carols New #354
Tune Title: [Like silver lamps in a distant shrine] First Line: Like silver lamps in a distant shrine Composer: C. Steggall Date: 1916
Carols Old and Carols New #354
Title: | THE MANGER THRONE |
Composer: | Charles Steggall (1867) |
Meter: | Irregular |
Incipit: | 15653 32312 36517 |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
Like silver lamps in a distant shrine,
The stars are sparkling bright;
The bells of the city of God ring out,
For the Son of Mary is born tonight.
The gloom is past,
And the morn at last
Is coming with orient light.