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' Text Appearing After Image: ST. ROCHES CHAPEL. A CHRISTMAS MASQUE OF ST. ROCH.^^ A small Gothic Chapel set in the midst of aburying ground., on the outskirts of a city. I. AT DAWN. The Bell, from an ivied niche beneath the sur-mounting cross of the facade : Christ is born, is born!And oer the teeming City yonder, loA star — the foretorch of the sluinberin<r sun —Shines palely bright! And guided by its rays,A thousand little feet go pattering, bareAnd white across the floors. And rnother-e3esA-watch, brim oer with happy tearsBecause The Child at Bethlehem is born! ^See Notes, page 57. A CHRISTMAS MASQUE OF ST. ROCH. Chorus of Dead People: But we, with stone and sod upon our breasts?But we, sealed in these narrow niches ? We,Shut in these stately vaults ?— Semi- Chorus of Dead Chi/dren : Our babv-feetAre wrapped in cere-cloths, so we cannot walkl Semi- Chorus of Dead People: Our eyes beneath our coffin-lids are dry IWe have forgot the happy tears we shed(Or ere we died) because The Child was born I Chorus
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