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A CHRISTMAS CAROL
to A. H. M.
The winds blow, the winds blow,
Across the snow, across the snow;
O cruel winds that bring the snow!
Sed hodie laus Puero
Ex Virgine Mariâ.
Across the snow, across the snow;
O cruel winds that bring the snow!
Sed hodie laus Puero
Ex Virgine Mariâ.
The trees are bare of fruit and green;
No flower is seen or unseen
On earth its end to end I ween;
Sed hodie we'll chaunt between
Our chattering lips for Mary Queen,
Laus Puero Mariæ.
No flower is seen or unseen
On earth its end to end I ween;
Sed hodie we'll chaunt between
Our chattering lips for Mary Queen,
Laus Puero Mariæ.
O where's the Child, the shepherds pray,
O where's the Child, that's born to-day?
We've come from miles and miles away
That hodie we may kneel and say,
Laus Puero Mariæ.
O where's the Child, that's born to-day?
We've come from miles and miles away
That hodie we may kneel and say,
Laus Puero Mariæ.
O where's the King, say wise men three,
Whose star we months ago did see?
And lo! we are here with bended knee
That we may sing forth hodie
Laus Puero Mariæ.
Whose star we months ago did see?
And lo! we are here with bended knee
That we may sing forth hodie
Laus Puero Mariæ.
O Mary maid, we stand and cry,
O Mary Queen, at whose feet we lie,
Now show us 'ere we come to die,
The child you have borne to God most high,
That hodie He may hear our cry.
Laus Puero Mariæ.
O Mary Queen, at whose feet we lie,
Now show us 'ere we come to die,
The child you have borne to God most high,
That hodie He may hear our cry.
Laus Puero Mariæ.
December 24th, 1883.
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