<html xmlns:tei="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"><body><h1 align="center" class="head">Noël</h1><div class="stanza"><p class="line">I <span class="smallcaps">heard</span> a song upon Christmas day</p><p class="line">And the feet of many going one way,</p><p class="line">The word the golden voice did say:</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:6%"><em>Gloria in Excelsis!</em></p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">The air was filled with snowflakes white,</p><p class="line">And the singing stars danced in their flight,</p><p class="line">Sweet the song they sang in the night,</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:6%"><em>Et in terra pax!</em></p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">Good singing folk, where is there peace,</p><p class="line">And for the broken heart heartsease?</p><p class="line">They chant: Come hither upon your knees,</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:6%"><em>Venite ad Bethlehem!</em></p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line">For now the Prince of Peace is born;</p><p class="line">For the full heart and the heart forlorn</p><p class="line">He signs His Peace upon Christmas Morn:</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:6%"><em>Adeste Fidelis!</em></p></div></body></html> · Great War