Merry Christmas!

Moonless darkness stands between.  Past, the Past, no more be seen!  But the Bethlehem-star may lead me. To the sight of Him Who freed me. From the self that I have been. Make me pure, Lord: Thou art holy;  Make me meek, Lord: Thou wert lowly; Now beginning, and alway:  Now begin, on Christmas day.
Gerard Manley Hopkins