Come, we shepherds, whose blest sight
Hath met Love’s noon in nature’s night; Come, lift we up our loftier song, And wake the sun that lies too long. Gloomy night embraced the place Where the noble infant lay: The Babe looked up and showed his face; In spite of darkness, it was day:- It was the Day, Sweet! and did rise Not from the east, but from thine eyes. We saw thee in thy balmy nest, Young dawn of our eternal day; We saw thine eyes break from their east And chase the trembling shades away; We saw thee (and we bless the sight), We saw thee by thine own sweet light. Welcome, all wonders in one sight! Eternity shut in a span! Summer in Winter! Day in night! Heaven in earth! and God in man! Great Little One, whose all-embracing birth Lifts earth to heaven, stoops heaven to earth. Richard Crashaw, c.1613-1649
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