YULETIDE

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 10, Issue 62, 13 December 1946, Page 5

YULETIDE

In the strenuous'days of . old, - /) ' Yuletide was kept by Vikings bold, Well fenced against the warring ; < weather,

These famous sea' wolves got.

, together, : Y : V Of many a wild foray to boast, While they watched the raided o’xen

roast, . . And toasted many, a daring deed, , With copious draughts of honey ;

meed. Pagan Yuletides have past, May be they were too crude to last, Today we celebrate the morn, The Babe of Bethlehem was born, And Angels on a Judean, hill,Proclaimed their message of good-

• will And peace on earth to all mankind,. That would all men together bind, . With the threefold cords of love, That eventually would prove, The antidotes for envious strife, And author of a peaceful life. “Hark The Herald Angels Sing,” , Around the world once more wfil

rmg, ; Prompted by the vital spark, That scorns the distance and the

dark, v '" L Trackless deserts stormy seas, Instantantly through and over these, The Divine message rings and ■! true, As God its author meant it to, Till in His good time all men shall see, . ' Love peace and unanimity Cover the earth, as the waters cover* ; I the sea. t 1 „ ; \ SERGANTV * l •v" ' •’ 1 / I