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Vpon the Nativity of our Saviour, Christmas-Day.
1.
WOnder of Wonders, Earth with Sky
Time mingleth with Eternity,
And Matter with Immensity.
2.
The Sun becomes an Atom, and a Star
Turns to a Candle to light Kings from far
To see a spectacle so wondrous rare.
3.
A Virgin bears a Son, that Son doth bear
A world of sin, acquitting mans arrear
Since guilty Adam fig-tree leaves did wear.
4.
A Majesty both infinit and just
Offended was, therefore the Offering must
Be such, to expiat frail flesh and dust.
5.
When no such Victime could be found
Throughout the whole Expansive round
Of Heaven, of Air, of Sea or Ground,
6.
The Prince of Life Himself descends
To make Astraea full amends,
And Human Soul from Hell defends.