CHRISTMAS CAROL. FOR LOS ANGELES.

 On the beautiful birthday of Jesus,

While the nations praising stand,

He goeth from city to city,

He walketh from land to land.

And the snow lies white and heavy,

And the ice lies wide and wan¹,

But the love of the blessed Christmas

Melts even the heart of man.

With love from the heart of Heaven,

In the power of his Holy Name,

To the City of the Queen of the Angels

The tender Christ-child came.

The land blushed red with roses,

The land laughed glad with grain,

And the little hills smiled softly

In the freshness after rain.

Land of the fig² and olive!

Land of the fruitful vine!

His heart grew soft within him,

As he thought of Palestine,—

Of the brooks³ with the banks of lilies,

Of the little doves of clay,

And of how he sat with his mother

At the end of a summer’s day,

His head on his mother’s bosom⁴,

His hand in his mother’s hand,

Watching the golden sun go down

Across the shadowy land,—

A moment’s life with human kind;

A moment,—nothing more;

Eternity⁵ lies broad behind,

Eternity before.

High on the Hills of Heaven,

Majestic⁶, undefiled,

Forever and ever he lives, a God;

But once he lived, a Child!

And the child-heart leaps within him,

And the child-eyes softer grow,

When the land lies bright and sunny,

Like the land of long ago;

And the love of God is mingled⁷

With the love of dear days gone,

When he comes to the city of his mother,

On the day her child was born!

1 wan   

(wide area network)广域网

参考例句：

• The shared connection can be an Ethernet,wireless LAN,or wireless WAN connection.提供共享的网络连接可以是以太网、无线局域网或无线广域网。

2 fig   

n.无花果(树)

参考例句：

• The doctor finished the fig he had been eating and selected another.这位医生吃完了嘴里的无花果，又挑了一个。
• You can't find a person who doesn't know fig in the United States.你找不到任何一个在美国的人不知道无花果的。

3 brooks   

n.小溪( brook的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Brooks gave the business when Haas caught him with his watch. 哈斯抓到偷他的手表的布鲁克斯时，狠狠地揍了他一顿。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Ade and Brooks exchanged blows yesterday and they were severely punished today. 艾德和布鲁克斯昨天打起来了，今天他们受到严厉的惩罚。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 bosom   

n.胸，胸部；胸怀；内心；adj.亲密的

参考例句：

• She drew a little book from her bosom.她从怀里取出一本小册子。
• A dark jealousy stirred in his bosom.他内心生出一阵恶毒的嫉妒。

5 eternity   

n.不朽，来世；永恒，无穷

参考例句：

• The dull play seemed to last an eternity.这场乏味的剧似乎演个没完没了。
• Finally,Ying Tai and Shan Bo could be together for all of eternity.英台和山伯终能双宿双飞，永世相随。

6 majestic   

adj.雄伟的，壮丽的，庄严的，威严的，崇高的

参考例句：

• In the distance rose the majestic Alps.远处耸立着雄伟的阿尔卑斯山。
• He looks majestic in uniform.他穿上军装显得很威风。

7 mingled   

混合，混入( mingle的过去式和过去分词 )； 混进，与…交往[联系]

参考例句：

• The sounds of laughter and singing mingled in the evening air. 笑声和歌声交织在夜空中。
• The man and the woman mingled as everyone started to relax. 当大家开始放松的时候，这一男一女就开始交往了。