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This Advent moon



Charles H. Giffen - This Advent moon - текст песни (слова)

(from Advent by Christina Rossetti)       The days are evil looking back,
        The coming days are dim.
 
 This Advent moon shines cold and clear,
   These Advent nights are long;
 Our lamps have burned year after year
   And still their flame is strong.
 'Watchman, what of the night?' we cry,
   Heart-sick with hope deferred:
 'No speaking signs are in the sky,'
   Is still the watchman's word.
 
 The Porter watches at the gate,
   The servants watch within;
 The watch is long betimes and late,
   The prize is slow to win.
 'Watchman, what of the night?' But still
   His answer sounds the same:
 'No daybreak tops the utmost hill,
   Nor pale our lamps of flame.'
 
 One to another hear them speak
   The patient virgins wise:
 'Surely He is not far to seek'—
   'All night we watch and rise.'
 'The days are evil looking back,
   The coming days are dim;
 Yet count we not His promise slack,
   But watch and wait for Him.'   
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