Christmas, 1880
"Christmas, 1880" is a devotional Christmas poem in which George MacDonald meditates on the figure of Christ as the eternal Son who truly knows the human heart. Moving through images of prodigal wandering, Christ's cry from the cross, and the quiet sorrow of an unfledged bird, the poem builds toward a deeply felt longing: that all children, merry or mourning, might be drawn back to the Father's heart. The tone is reverent and intimate, balancing theological weight with tender emotion.
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