Volume: CBÉ 0485 (Part 2)

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1. Sonnet Sequence on the Shepherds at the Crib (continued)

   

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   Oh, tell us the vision that ye saw,
   And tell us what the beauteous Angel said;
   In faithful words his likeness for us draw,
   And the host of singing Angels which he led.
   Ye came to Bethlehem! What saw ye there?
   Could ye discern thro' the gloomy night,
   The royal features of King David's heir?
   What king the aged man and Maiden bright?
   O Shepherds, we beseech ye don't refuse
   To thrill our hearts by telling us all the news.

   III. They tell of the Apparition of the Angels, and of the Angelic Song.

   We have seen choirs of Angels praising the Lord.
   Office of Christmas Day.

   At dead of night, when earth was sunk in sleep,
   Praying and thinking on the open plain,
   The while we kept the watches o'er our sheep,
   An Angel with a brightly gleaming train

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   Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.

   History Edit

   Item type

   Lore

   Language

   English

   Writing mode

   Handwritten

   Writing script

   Roman script

   Informant

   • Timothy Hurley