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CHORUS	A
Come we shepherds whose blest sight	B
Hath met love's noon in nature's night	B
Come lift we up our loftier song	C
And wake the sun that lies too long	C
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To all our world of well stol'n joy	D
He slept and dreamt of no such thing	E
While we found out heav'n's fairer eye	F
And kiss'd the cradle of our King	E
Tell him he rises now too late	G
To show us aught worth looking at	H
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Tell him we now can show him more	I
Than he e'er show'd to mortal sight	B
Than he himself e'er saw before	I
Which to be seen needs not his light	B
Tell him Tityrus where th' hast been	J
Tell him Thyrsis what th' hast seen	K
TITYRUS	A
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Gloomy night embrac'd the place	A
Where the Noble Infant lay	L
The Babe look'd up and show'd his face	A
In spite of darkness it was day	L
It was thy day Sweet and did rise	A
Not from the east but from thine eyes	A
CHORUS	A
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It was thy day Sweet and did rise	A
Not from the east but from thine eyes	A
THYRSIS	A
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Winter chid aloud and sent	M
The angry North to wage his wars	A
The North forgot his fierce intent	M
And left perfumes instead of scars	A
By those sweet eyes' persuasive pow'rs	A
Where he meant frost he scatter'd flow'rs	A
CHORUS	A
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By those sweet eyes' persuasive pow'rs	A
Where he meant frost he scatter'd flow'rs	A
BOTH	N
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We saw thee in thy balmy nest	O
Young dawn of our eternal day	L
We saw thine eyes break from their east	P
And chase the trembling shades away	L
We saw thee and we bless'd the sight	B
We saw thee by thine own sweet light	B
TITYRUS	A
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Poor World said I what wilt thou do	Q
To entertain this starry stranger	R
Is this the best thou canst bestow	S
A cold and not too cleanly manger	R
Contend ye powers of heav'n and earth	T
To fit a bed for this huge birth	T
CHORUS	A
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Contend ye powers of heav'n and earth	T
To fit a bed for this huge birth	T
THYRSIS	A
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Proud World said I cease your contest	O
And let the Mighty Babe alone	U
The ph oe nix builds the ph oe nix' nest	O
Love's architecture is his own	U
The Babe whose birth embraves this morn	V
Made his own bed ere he was born	V
CHORUS	A
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The Babe whose birth embraves this morn	V
Made his own bed ere he was born	V
TITYRUS	A
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I saw the curl'd drops soft and slow	S
Come hovering o'er the place's head	W
Off'ring their whitest sheets of snow	S
To furnish the fair Infant's bed	W
Forbear said I be not too bold	X
Your fleece is white but 'tis too cold	X
CHORUS	A
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Forbear said I be not too bold	X
Your fleece is white but 'tis too cold	X
THYRSIS	A
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I saw the obsequious Seraphims	A
Their rosy fleece of fire bestow	S
For well they now can spare their wings	A
Since Heav'n itself lies here below	S
Well done said I but are you sure	Y
Your down so warm will pass for pure	Y
CHORUS	A
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Well done said I but are you sure	Y
Your down so warm will pass for pure	Y
TITYRUS	A
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No no your King's not yet to seek	Z
Where to repose his royal head	W
See see how soon his new bloom'd cheek	Z
'Twixt's mother's breasts is gone to bed	W
Sweet choice said we no way but so	A
Not to lie cold yet sleep in snow	A
CHORUS	A
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Sweet choice said we no way but so	A
Not to lie cold yet sleep in snow	A
BOTH	N
	-
We saw thee in thy balmy nest	O
Bright dawn of our eternal day	L
We saw thine eyes break from their east	P
And chase the trembling shades away	L
We saw thee and we bless'd the sight	B
We saw thee by thine own sweet light	B
CHORUS	A
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We saw thee and we bless'd the sight	B
We saw thee by thine own sweet light	B
FULL CHORUS	A
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Welcome all wonders in one sight	B
Eternity shut in a span	A2
Summer in winter day in night	B
Heaven in earth and God in man	A2
Great little one whose all embracing birth	T
Lifts earth to heaven stoops heav'n to earth	T
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Welcome though nor to gold nor silk	B2
To more than C ae sar's birthright is	A
Two sister seas of virgin milk	B2
With many a rarely temper'd kiss	A
That breathes at once both maid and mother	R
Warms in the one cools in the other	R
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Welcome though not to those gay flies	A
Gilded i' th' beams of earthly kings	A
Slippery souls in smiling eyes	A
But to poor shepherds homespun things	A
Whose wealth's their flock whose wit to be	C2
Well read in their simplicity	C2
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Yet when young April's husband show'rs	A
Shall bless the fruitful Maia's bed	W
We'll bring the first born of her flow'rs	A
To kiss thy feet and crown thy head	W
To thee dread Lamb whose love must keep	D2
The shepherds more than they the sheep	D2
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To thee meek Majesty soft King	E
Of simple graces and sweet loves	A
Each of us his lamb will bring	E
Each his pair of silver doves	A
Till burnt at last in fire of thy fair eyes	A
Ourselves become our own best sacrifice	A

Richard Crashaw

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