Sonnet(In an old book a leech this tale did write), Th' amazed shepherds, keeping watch by night, Afraid, and wondering if foredoom of war Hung on the flaming of an eastward star, Saw suddenly round them angels robed in light, And heard, and knew not if they heard aright, "Peace, peace on earth!"___so sweet such voices are___; So I, a watcher in this night of time, Amazed and troubled with vague ques- tionings Before that still undimmed, far, starry gleam, Hear falling through the air that chant sublime, "Peace, peace on earth !" I glimpse those shining wings, And watch and wonder. Do I wake or dream ? ___Arthur Graves Canfield
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