| Edward Farr, ed. Select Poetry of the Reign of King James the First. 1847. | | | | Nativitie | | II. John Donne |
| | | IMMENSITIE cloystered in thy deare wombe, | |
| Now leaves his wel-belov’d imprisonment; | |
| There he hath made himselfe to his intent | |
| Weake enough now into our world to come; | |
| But O! for thee, for him hath th’ inne no roome? | 5 |
| Yet lay him in this stall, and from the Orient | |
| Starres and wise men will travell to prevent | |
| Th’ effects of Herod’s jealous general doome: | |
| Seest thou, my soule, with thy faith’s eyes, how he | |
| Which fils all place, yet none holds him, doth lye? | 10 |
| Was not his pitty towards thee wondrous high, | |
| That would have need to be pittied by thee? | |
| Kisse him, and with him into Egypt goe, | |
| With his kinde mother, who partakes thy woe. | | | | |
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