Tune: Irby
('Once in royal David's city')
Luke 1 v.34-38
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Angel Gabriel to Mary
Said, Christ-child you shall bear, see
Mary said, How shall this be, for
I am true a virgin sure
The angel answered, replied
It shall be so, I confide
The Holy Ghost shall come upon
You, this is how it be done
The power of the Most High shall
Overshadow you, I tell
Therefore also that holy
One born, the Son of God He
And, behold, your cousin, for she
Has conceived a son, so be
Elisabeth in her old age
Though barren was at that stage
Shall John the Baptist then bare
Glad tidings with you I share
For with God there shall nothing be
Impossible, then Mary
Said, Behold I the handmaiden
Of the Lord, let it be then
To me according unto
His word spoken to me true
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Author:
orchidee (
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- Comment from author about the poem: A hymn-poem in 8.7.8.7.7.7. Some lines in the carol in the video have 8 syllables instead of 7, but I have used 878777.
- Category: Spiritual
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Comments1
A concept so old and tradition born that we think nothing of it and find it the core to religious beliefs. Well written Orchi The Greeks too spoke of Zeus coming upon mortal women and bearing a son as a demigod his name Heracles oh well that is for another season. Loved the poem Orchi it rings true for the seasonal feel.
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