Like a meteor, large and bright,
Fell a golden seed of light
On the field of Christmas night
When the Babe was born;
Then ‘t was sepulchred in gloom
Till above His holy tomb
Flashed its everlasting bloom—
Flower of Easter morn.
(John Bannister Tabb)
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