{"product_id":"2940013590427","title":"VERSES (POETRY)","description":"VERSES.....IS 125 PAGES OF BEAUTIFUL POETIC VERSES! A MUST READ FOR THE LOVER OF \u003cbr\u003ePOETRY!  TOPICAL!  A VERY GOOD READ!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e•   This volume includes a “Detailed Biography” of our author, Susan Coolidge.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHere is one of her verses....entitled: CHRISTMAS.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHow did they keep his birthday then,\u003cbr\u003eThe little fair Christ, so long ago?\u003cbr\u003eO, many there were to be housed and fed,\u003cbr\u003eAnd there was no place in the inn, they said,\u003cbr\u003eSo into the manger the Christ must go,\u003cbr\u003eTo lodge with the cattle and not with men.\u003cbr\u003eThe ox and the ass they munched their hay\u003cbr\u003eThey munched and they slumbered, wondering not,\u003cbr\u003eAnd out in the midnight cold and blue\u003cbr\u003eThe shepherds slept, and the sheep slept too,\u003cbr\u003eTill the angels' song and the bright star ray\u003cbr\u003eGuided the wise men to the spot.\u003cbr\u003eBut only the wise men knelt and praised,\u003cbr\u003eAnd only the shepherds came to see,\u003cbr\u003eAnd the rest of the world cared not at all\u003cbr\u003eFor the little Christ in the oxen's stall;\u003cbr\u003eAnd we are angry and amazed\u003cbr\u003eThat such a dull, hard thing should be!\u003cbr\u003eHow do we keep his birthday now?\u003cbr\u003eWe ring the bells and we raise the strain,\u003cbr\u003eWe hang up garland, everywhere\u003cbr\u003eAnd bid the tapers, twinkle fair,\u003cbr\u003eAnd feast and frolic—and then we go\u003cbr\u003eBack to the Mine old lives again.\u003cbr\u003eAre we so better, then, than they\u003cbr\u003eWho failed the new-born Christ to see?\u003cbr\u003eTo them a helpless babe,—to us\u003cbr\u003eHe shines a Saviour glorious,\u003cbr\u003eOur Lord, our Friend, our All—yet we\u003cbr\u003eAre half asleep this Christmas day.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLooking for another good book?  Just enter the name \"TLC BOOKS\" at the search box and you will be taken to our main page, where you will be able to peruse all our titles…many are Christian and Wholesome novels.","brand":"TLC BOOKS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47082984341744,"sku":"2940013590427","price":1.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013590427_p0.jpg?v=1763583020","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013590427","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}