CHRISTMAS CAROLS.

By Christina Georgina Rossetti

Whoso hears a chiming for Christmas at the nighest,

Hears a sound like Angels chanting in their glee,

Hears a sound like palm-boughs waving in the highest,

Hears a sound like ripple of a crystal sea.

Sweeter than a prayer-bell for a saint in dying,

Sweeter than a death-bell for a saint at rest,

Music struck in Heaven with earth's faint replying,

“Life is good, and death is good, for Christ is Best.”