O Holy Night!: Masterworks of Christmas Poetry (English, Multilingual and Multilingual Edition)

Gathered from twenty-eight centuries, ten languages, and sixty-four authors, here is a uniquely diverse and yet wondrously harmonious collection of voices that have joined in praise for the newborn Savior.Indeed, O Holy Night! is the broadest anthology of Christmas poetry ever collected in English.For years, poet Johann Moser searched through hard-to-find works to unearth forgotten treasures of Nativity poetry. Now he brings together these undeservedly obscure masterpieces with familiar favorites -- so that each can inspire you anew with gratitude for the birth of the Holy Infant.From Virgil to Rilke, from Dante to Pasternak, Moser has found the world's most brilliant works of Christmas literature -- and he has carefully arranged them so that the collection as a whole sings with transcendent beauty, as does each of the individual pieces.These poems will enrich your Christmas celebrations and restore in you a lively sense of the miracle of the Incarnation throughout the year! Preface -- Part I: The Prince Of Peace (if Some King Of The Earth / John Donne -- The Fourth Eclogue / Virgil -- Gideon's Threshing Floor / Advent Processional Hymn -- The Birth Night Of The Lord / Quirinus Kuhlmann -- The Advent Antiphons / Roman Antiphonary -- Earendael / Cynewulf -- Born Of The Father's Heart / Prudentius -- A Child Of The Snows / G.k. Chesterton -- On The Birth Of Jesus / Andreas Gryphius -- We Do Not Only Proclaim One Coming Of Christ / St. Cyril Of Jerusalem) Part Ii: A Woman Clothed With The Sun (a Spotless Rose Is Blooming / Anonymous -- A Virgin Shall Conceive, A Virgin Bear A Son! / Alexander Pope -- Faithful Choir, Rejoicing Sing / St. Bernard Of Clairvaux -- Salut, Woman In Splendor Upon Her Knees / Paul Claudel -- I Sing Of A Maiden / Anonymous -- Of Her Flesh He Took Flesh / Gerard Manley Hopkins -- Underneath This Crag Is Born / Esteban De Zafra -- O Gloriosa Domina / Richard Crashaw -- Ave Maria Gratia Plena / Oscar Wilde -- Rosa Mystica / Anonymous -- There Comes A Ship So Laden / Johannes Tauler -- Annuciation / John Donne -- Heaven Rejoice! Earth Clap You Hands! / Peter The Venerable -- Yo No Tengo Soledad / Gabriela Mistral -- The Mother Of God / William Butler Yeats -- Virgin Mother, Daughter Of Thy Son / Dante Alighieri -- Invocacio Ad Mariam / Geoffrey Chaucer) Part Iii (a Great Mystery! O Great Mystery! / Matins Of Christmas -- The Heavens Were Made Honey-sweet / St. Bonaventure -- A Hymn Of The Nativity Of My Saviour -- On The Nativity Of Our Lord / Laurent Drelincourt -- No, We Must Not Sleep / Fray Ambrosio Montesino -- The Burning Babe / Robert Southwell -- Cradle Song For The Child Jesus / Gil Vencente -- Shepherd, Shepherd, Look Who's Calling / St.teresa Of Jesus -- The Nativity Of Our Lord And Saviour Jesus Christ / Christopher Smart -- Christ's Nativity / Henry Vaughan -- A Child Lay In A Little Crib / Heinrich Von Loufenberg -- A Christmas Carol / Samuel Taylor Coleridge -- On The Morning Of Christ's Nativity / John Milton -- The Sky Is Black, The Earth Is White / Theophile Gautier Christmas / Constantijn Huygens -- Welcome, All Wonders In One Sight / Richard Crashaw -- Christmas Carol / Christina Rossetti -- At The Birth Of Christ Our Lord / Luis De Gongora Y Argote -- New Prince, New Pomp / Robert Southwell -- In Dulci Jubilo / Henry Suso -- Ballad For The Day Of Christmas / Clement Marot -- A Short Christmas Poem Of The Ox And The Ass At The Crib / Friedrich Von Spee -- Such Great Joy I Feel! / Juan Del Encina -- Little Song Of The Virgin / Lope De Vega -- On The Nativity / St. John Of The Cross -- A Christmas Hymn / Richard Wilbur -- Christmas George Herbert Sweet Is She And Gently Sworn / Montague Brown -- A Child, My Choice / Robert Southwell -- A Christmas Carol / G.k. Chesterton -- O, Like A Tiny Cradle / Angelus Silesus -- My Mouth Will Utter The Praise Of The Lord / St. Augustine -- Part Iv: Bright Star Of Jacob.it All Happened Beneath The Clearness Of The Skies / Charles Peguy -- Him Who Swells Beyond The Worlds / St. Romanos -- Three Holy Kings From The Orient / Heinrich Heine -- The Star-song : A Caroll To The King, Sung At White Hall / Robert Herrick -- Lord When The Wise Men Came From Far / Sidney Godolphin -- Rod Of The Root Of Jesse / St. Cosmas -- Epiphany / Jose-maria De Heredia -- Christmas Star / Boris Pasternak On The Feast Of The Holy Three Kings / Annette Von Droste-hulsoff -- Journey Of The Magi / T.s. Eliot -- The Birth Of Christ / Rainer Maria Rilke -- Preface For The Octave Of Christmas / Gelasien Sacramentrary -- Appendix A: Chronological Listing Of The Works In This Collection -- Appendix B: Additional Poems For Further Reading -- Appendix C: Additional Reading. Edited By Johann M. Moser. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Gathers Christmas poetry from around the world, including poems by John Donne, Virgil, G.K. Chesterton, Alexander Pope, Oscar Wilde, St. Bonaventure, Ben Jonson, John Milton, Christina Rossetti, T.S. Eliot, and Rainer Maria Rilke