https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Against4WindsOn2Flam3013/Poetry, song lyrics, translated verse hourly12000-01-01T12:00+00:00https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Against4WindsOn2Flam3013/813797Easter Feast Day, Easter Feast Day! While the flame of hate sparks its start Hell's fire in humanity's hearts And while half the earth burns apart. Easter Feast Day over the earth, While the dead's knuckled hands so stark Grip freely to all human parts And while the child sustains pain's...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Against4WindsOn2Flam3013/785542There strikes as a storm through the earth atmosphere, There it claps amidst night's cumbersome clouds, There it rouses, greets, shouts, echoes, and replies, And night's festival fills districts and towns. A good, blessed new year to every heart soul, And from the day's cradle endures the pain...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Against4WindsOn2Flam3013/784196There murdered and plundered and slain afoot, stunned, There staked for life over the world so expansive, There pitied and reveled in fire and in blood, In flowing human flesh and blood, And the nations trembling with fear and agony. There boasted in evil, in hate and in lies, And heathendom's...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Against4WindsOn2Flam3013/780990"Ding--dong--ding--dong!" "Look, I proclaim great and glad tidings:-- "Ding--dong--ding--dong!" "--Behold, today a savior is born!" "Ding--dong--ding--dong!" "Peace on the earth-- "Ding--dong--ding--dong!' "--And to people His delightul good will." "Ding--dong--ding--dong!" Honor with the angels...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Against4WindsOn2Flam3013/773399Now there is lit there thousands of sparkling lights In house and in cottage in honor of God, Who sent us cozy warmth in snow and in ice And with glee a joyful message He brought. Hence was a baby fed in a barnstead In Bethlehem town in the Jewish land, While lit by the star while angels heralded...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Against4WindsOn2Flam3013/769681Now is Christmas-- Now is Christmas over the earth. The bells chime and the lights illumine, shine bright, Look and behold heaven's vault turning in the heights. Holy Christmas-- Holy Christmas over the earth! Into my house-- Into my beating heart chamber Bear God's angel secretly and quietly The...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Against4WindsOn2Flam3013/762982Delight yourself, o soul, over bell tones out there afar! Delight yourself, o soul, over archway vault's sunlit stars! Delight in God, He, who gives life's joy a nod To reach thousands of families! Delight yourself; with joy, sing so it roars about the land! Copious psalms that fill, saturate...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Against4WindsOn2Flam3013/761638So calm down the tumultuous world.... Now savagery storms, as the eggs-- The eggs of trolls now newly burrowed, That slowly come out on unwilling legs, While bells in the towers undulate And toll, chime, and tintinnabulate And usher in Juletide anew. And Christmas has room for so many To embrace...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Against4WindsOn2Flam3013/755544You star, over town and country That greets through the night all so fast: Now all rovers sense the mystery To salvation's gate, light is cast! Bear up now with festive gladness In the heart's hidden hushed dwelling! In place of wounds, sin, and sickness You bring joy, peace, faith so telling!...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Against4WindsOn2Flam3013/750963Ring, you bells, for joy, delight, and fest, Ring for Christmas over the earth! Soul of man, who struggles as most--your best, The world has doubt, weariness, dearth. Ring for hope and ring for firm true faith, Ring for the stars where brothers are graced, Our kin toward God wanders! Twinkles in...