{"id":109260,"date":"2024-12-24T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-25T02:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/?p=109260"},"modified":"2025-12-24T09:30:45","modified_gmt":"2025-12-24T17:30:45","slug":"noel-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/noel-5\/","title":{"rendered":"No\u00ebl"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>a poem by J.R.R. Tolkien<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"860\" height=\"484\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/M0_BJSYM874?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/><span class=\"wpsdc-drop-cap\">G<\/span>rim was the world and grey last night:<br \/>The moon and stars were fled,<br \/>The hall was dark without song or light,<br \/>The fires were fallen dead.<br \/>The wind in the trees was like to the sea,<br \/>And over the mountains\u2019 teeth<br \/>It whistled bitter-cold and free,<br \/>As a sword leapt from its sheath.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The lord of snows upreared his head;<br \/>His mantle long and pale<br \/>Upon the bitter blast was spread<br \/>And hung o\u2019er hill and dale.<br \/>The world was blind, the boughs were bent,<br \/>All ways and paths were wild:<br \/>Then the veil of cloud apart was rent,<br \/>And here was born a Child.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The ancient dome of heaven sheer<br \/>Was pricked with distant light;<br \/>A star came shining white and clear<br \/>Alone above the night.<br \/>In the dale of dark in that hour of birth<br \/>One voice on a sudden sang:<br \/>Then all the bells in Heaven and Earth<br \/>Together at midnight rang.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mary sang in this world below:<br \/>They heard her song arise<br \/>O\u2019er mist and over mountain snow<br \/>To the walls of Paradise,<br \/>And the tongue of many bells was stirred<br \/>in Heaven\u2019s towers to ring<br \/>When the voice of mortal maid was heard,<br \/>That was mother of Heaven\u2019s King.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Glad is the world and fair this night<br \/>With stars about its head,<br \/>And the hall is filled with laughter and light,<br \/>And fires are burning red.<br \/>The bells of Paradise now ring<br \/>With bells of Christendom,<br \/>And Gloria, Gloria we will sing<br \/>That God on earth is come. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"707\" height=\"875\" data-attachment-id=\"106048\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/noel-2020\/noel-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/noel.jpg?fit=707%2C875&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"707,875\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;10&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 5D&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1174597806&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;31&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;1.3&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"noel\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/noel.jpg?fit=707%2C875&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/noel.jpg?resize=707%2C875&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-106048\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/noel.jpg?w=707&amp;ssl=1 707w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/noel.jpg?resize=240%2C297&amp;ssl=1 240w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/noel.jpg?resize=121%2C150&amp;ssl=1 121w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 707px) 100vw, 707px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>a poem by J.R.R. 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