Bliss Carman, et al., eds. The World’s Best Poetry.
Volume IV. The Higher Life. 1904. | | | | I. The Divine Element—(God, Christ, the Holy Spirit) | | Tryste Noël | | Louise Imogen Guiney (1861–1920) |
| | | THE OX he openeth wide the Doore | |
| And from the Snowe he calls her inne, | |
| And he hath seen her smile therefore, | |
| Our Ladye without Sinne. | |
| Now soone from Sleepe | 5 |
| A Starre shall leap, | |
| And soone arrive both King and Hinde; | |
| Amen, Amen: | |
| But oh, the place co’d I but finde! | |
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| The Ox hath husht his voyce and bent | 10 |
| Trewe eyes of Pitty ore the Mow, | |
| And on his lovelie Neck, forspent, | |
| The Blessed lays her Browe. | |
| Around her feet | |
| Full Warme and Sweete | 15 |
| His bowerie Breath doth meeklie dwell; | |
| Amen, Amen: | |
| But sore am I with Vaine Travèl! | |
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| The Ox is host in Juda’s stall, | |
| And Host of more than onelie one, | 20 |
| For close she gathereth withal | |
| Our Lorde her littel Sonne. | |
| Glad Hinde and King | |
| Their Gyfte may bring, | |
| But wo’d to-night my Teares were there, | 25 |
| Amen, Amen: | |
| Between her Bosom and His hayre! | | | | |
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