Richard Watson Gilder on Christmas
1844–1909 United States
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6 quotes
Through love to light! Oh wonderful the way
That leads from darkness to the perfect day!
The New Day (1875)
Not from the whole wide world I chose thee—
Sweetheart, light of the land and the sea!
The wide, wide world could not inclose thee,
For thou art the whole wide world to me.
The New Day (1875)
Love, Love, my Love.
The best things are the truest!
When the earth lies shadowy dark below
Oh, then the heavens are bluest!
I love her doubting and anguish;
I love the love she withholds;
I love my love that loveth her
And anew her being moulds.
The New Day (1875)
I love her doubling and anguish;
I love the love she withholds,
I love my love that loveth her,
And anew her being moulds.
What babe new born is this that in a manger cries?
Near on her lowly bed his happy mother lies.
Oh, see the air is shaken with white and heavenly wings—
This is the Lord of all the earth, this is the King of Kings.