The Child is rocked on Mary's knee,
Cold in the stall this bitter night,
And 'Lullalay-loo,' soft singeth she,
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Thy kingdom come ! Yea, bid it come!
But when Thy kingdom first began
On earth, Thy kingdom was a home,
A child, a woman, and a man.
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The night darkens fast & the shadows darken,
Clouds & the rain gather about mine house,
Only the wood-dove moans, hearken, O hearken!
The moan of the wood-dove in the rain-wet boughs.
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He died the loneliest death of all,
Amid his foes he died.
But Someone's leaped the outer wall
And Someone's come inside,
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Those twelve years from Ascension
Until the day of meeting broke,
She was not so much all alone
As it might seem to common folk,
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Blues and greens are my delight
Set in garlands of the white.
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The stem, the branch quickeneth
With sap, this year of Death.
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Little sisters, the birds:
We must praise God, you and I
You, with songs that fill the sky,
I, with halting words.
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Roses in the sky,
Roses in the sea
Bowers of scarlet sky-roses
Take my heart and me.
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