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Hagar

The Singing Maiden, with Other Stories and Rhymes,

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THE SONG OF THE LOWLY.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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THE SONG OF THE LOWLY.

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This poem has been extracted from a passage of prose text.

The star that shone so brightly
On wise and holy men,
Has shone for ages nightly,
And it shines for us again.

Chorus.—

O Jesus! pure and holy,
The helper of the lowly,
Help us to be like Thee.
Thou wert on earth a stranger,
A wanderer in the land,
Born in a lowly manger,
That we with Thee might stand.

Chorus.—

O Jesus! pure and holy, &c.
Our hearts are sad and dreary,
No light is in our sky;
But thou on earth wert weary;
Thou wilt not pass us by.

Chorus.—

O Jesus! pure and holy, &c.