Slide set: The gift (song: Bamforth & Co., 12 slides, 1901)

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Descriptive data for this set (listed below slide images)

Slide 1

Slide 2

A mother was watching on Xmas night, rocking her babe by candle light

Slide 3

And she lifted her eyes in the gathering gloom, for the Christ child stood in her lowly room

Slide 4

'What shall I give to thy child?' he said, softly caressing the sleeper's head

Slide 5

'Nay,' said the mother, 'O angel guest, give her whatever thou deemest best!'

Slide 6

'What shall I give her, O mother mild? ask what thou wilt for thy little child'

Slide 7

'Shall I kiss her brow that her eyes may shine with a beauty that men will call divine?'

Slide 8

'Nay,' said the mother, 'that will not stay, songs are forgotten, and hair turns grey'

Slide 9

'But what shall I give her?' he said again, 'ask and thou shalt not ask in vain'

Slide 10

And the mother lifted her eyes above, 'give her purity, truth, and love!'

Slide 11

The Christ child said to her, soft and mild, 'thou hast chosen the best for thy little child'

Slide 12

'Be not afraid, tho' life be sore, I shall be with her for evermore'

Number of slides

Manufacturer

Bamforth & Co., England

Other related organisation

in stock of Riley Brothers, 1905-1914 (item ref. 1424)

Main type of image

life model

Main usage of set

song

Date of first manufacture

1901

Reading or song

Fred Weatherly and A.H. Behrend, The gift (London: Boosey & Co., 1895)

Related slide set

see generic title The gift (generic set title – 2 different versions are known)

Collections

12 slides known to exist in private collection

Subject keyword

creative arts – music – songs

Lucerna ID 3001691

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 23 November 2016

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Slide set: The gift (song: Bamforth & Co., 12 slides, 1901)