Love came down at Christmas / Christina Rossetti

Christmastide

Love came down at Christmas,
Love all lovely, love divine;
Love was born at Christmas,
Star and angels gave the sign.

Worship we the Godhead,
Love incarnate, love divine;
Worship we our Jesus:
But wherewith for sacred sign?

Love shall be our token,
Love shall be yours and love be mine,
Love to God and to all men,
Love for plea and gift and sign.

~~
Christina Rossetti (1830-1894)
from Verses, 1893

[Poem is in the public domain worldwide.]

Christina Rossetti biography

Jars of Clay, "Love Came Down at Christmas," 2007.