Poems On several Choice and Various Subjects Occasionally Composed By An Eminent Author. Collected and Published by Sergeant-Major P. F. [i.e. James Howell] |
Upon Christmas-Day.
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Poems On several Choice and Various Subjects | ||
Upon Christmas-Day.
1
Hail Holy Tide,Wherein a Bride,
A Virgin (which is more)
Brought forth a Son,
The like was done
Nere in the World before.
2
Hail, Spotless Maid:Who thee upbraid
To have been born in Sin,
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What in thee lay,
Before thou didst Lie-in.
3
Three moneths thy WombeWas made the Dome
Of Him, whom Earth nor Air,
Nor the vast mold
Of Heaven can hold,
Cause he's Ubiquitair.
4
O would he daignTo rest and raign
I'th' centre of my heart,
And make it still
His Domicil,
And Residence in part.
5
But in so foul a CellCan he abide to dwell?
Yes, when he please to move
His Harbenger to sweep the Room,
And with rich Odours it perfume
Of Faith, of Hope, of Love.
Poems On several Choice and Various Subjects | ||