A Babe Among the Stars + 

When I beheld the splendour of the night, + 

And all the misty myriad of her stars, + 

Forever swinging on their paths of light, + 

Far out beyond our system’s narrow bars, + 

I marvelled that the glory of God’s birth + 

Had fallen only on this little earth. + 

Infinite condescension, that could raise + 

The least to be most blessed. God can bring + 

Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings praise. + 

This late-born infant of the sky shall sing + 

A music sweeter than her sister spheres; + 

Incarnate love, while heaven in wonder hears. + 