The Vorpal Blade

Death   Benjamin West

Jabberwocky

by Lewis Carroll

`Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.

"Beware the Jabberwock, my son!
The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun
The frumious Bandersnatch!"
 

He took his vorpal sword in hand:
Long time the manxome foe he sought --
So rested he by the Tumtum tree,
And stood awhile in thought.
 

And, as in uffish thought he stood,
The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame,
Came whiffling through the tulgey wood,
And burbled as it came!
 

One, two! One, two! And through and through
The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!
He left it dead, and with its head
He went galumphing back.
 

"And, has thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!'
He chortled in his joy.

`Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.

The Second Day of Christmas

Angels Announcing Christ's Birth to the Shepherds  Govert Flinck

Angels Announcing the Birth of our Savior
Benjamin West

Luke 2:8-1

Now there were in the same country 

shepherds living out in the fields, 

keeping watch over their flock by night. 

And behold, an angel of the Lord stood before them,

and the glory of the Lord shone around them,

and they were greatly afraid. 

Then the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid, 

Nativity Scene  Anton Raphael Mengs

for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy which will be to all people.  
For there is born to you this day in the city of David a Savior, 
who is Christ the Lord. 

And this will be the sign to you: 

You will find a Babe 
wrapped in swaddling cloths, lying in a manger.” 

And suddenly there was with the angel 
a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying: 

“ Glory to God in the highest, 

And on earth peace, goodwill toward men!”