Christmas Through Art: Madonna Adoring The Christ Child

 

"And she gave birth to her Son, her Firstborn; and she wrapped Him
in swaddling clothes and laid Him in a manger because there was
no room or place for them in the inn."
(Luke 2:7)

Madonna Adoring The Christ Child

Carlo Dolci

(1616-1686)

Italian Baroque painter

There's a song in the air!  There's a star in the sky!

There's a mother's deep prayer  And a baby's low cry!

And the star rains its fire while the beautiful sing,

For the manger of Bethlehem cradles a King!

There's a tumult of joy  O'er the wonderful birth,

For the virgin's sweet boy  Is the Lord of the earth.

Ay! the star rains its fire while the beautiful sing,

For the manger of Bethlehem cradles a King!

In the light of that star  Lie the ages impearled;

And that song from afar  Has swept over the world.

Every hearth is aflame, and the beautiful sing

In the homes of the nations that Jesus is King!

We rejoice in the light,  And we echo the song

That comes down through the night   From the heavenly throng.

Ay! we shout to the lovely evangel they bring,

And we greet on His cradle our Savior and King!

"There's A Song In The Air"
(1872)
Josiah Gilbert Holland
(1819-1881)
American novelist and poet
Founder of Scribner's Magazine