The Poetical Works of William Drummond of Hawthornden With "A Cypresse Grove": Edited by L. E. Kastner |
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iv. Hymn upon the Nativity.
Christ, whose Redemption all doth free,
Son of the Father, who alone
Before the World began to be,
Didst spring from Him by Means unknown;
Son of the Father, who alone
Before the World began to be,
Didst spring from Him by Means unknown;
Thou his clear Brightness, thou his Light,
Thou everlasting Hope of all,
Observe the Prayers which in Thy Sight
Thy Servants through the World let fall.
Thou everlasting Hope of all,
Observe the Prayers which in Thy Sight
Thy Servants through the World let fall.
O dearest Saviour, bear in Mind
That of our Body Thou a Child
Didst whilom take the natural Kind,
Born of the Virgin undefil'd.
That of our Body Thou a Child
Didst whilom take the natural Kind,
Born of the Virgin undefil'd.
This much the present Day makes known,
Passing the Circuit of the Year,
That thou from thy high Father's Throne
The World's sole Safety didst appear.
Passing the Circuit of the Year,
That thou from thy high Father's Throne
The World's sole Safety didst appear.
The highest Heaven, the Earth, and Seas,
And all that is within them found,
Because he sent Thee us to ease,
With mirthful Songs his Praise resound.
And all that is within them found,
Because he sent Thee us to ease,
With mirthful Songs his Praise resound.
We also who redeemed are
With Thy pure Blood from sinful State,
For this thy Birth-Day will prepare
New Hymns this Feast to celebrate.
With Thy pure Blood from sinful State,
For this thy Birth-Day will prepare
New Hymns this Feast to celebrate.
Glory, O Lord, be given to Thee
Whom the unspotted Virgin bore,
And Glory to Thee, Father, be,
And th' holy Ghost for ever more.
Whom the unspotted Virgin bore,
And Glory to Thee, Father, be,
And th' holy Ghost for ever more.
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