Was there nothing but a manger Did they thus affront their Lord? Soft my child; I did not chide thee, 'Tis thy * Mother Nurse that And her arms fhall be thy guard. Yet to read the shameful story, How the Jews abus'd their King, How they ferv'd the Lord of glory, Makes me angry while I fing. See the kinder fhepherds round him, Telling wonders from the sky! Where they fought him, there they found him, See the lovely babe a-dreffing; Lovely infant, how he fmil'd! When he wept, the Mother's bleffing Sooth'd and hufh'd the holy child. Lo, he flumbers in his manger, Where the horned oxen fed; Peace, my darling, here's no danger, Here's no ox a-near thy bed. *Here you may use the words, Brother, Sifter, Neighhour, Friend, &c. 'Twas 'Twas to fave thee, child, from dying, May't thou live to know and fear him, I could give thee thoufard kiffes, CON CONTENT S. VERSES on reading Mr. Watts's Poems, facred to Piety and Devotion Lyricæ To Mr. Watts, on his Poemis To Mr. Watts, on reading his Horæ To Mr. Watts, on his Divine Poems 3 3 5 9 The Penitent pardoned, Hymn of Praise for three great Salvations, The Incomprehenfible, Death and Eternity, 53 54 55 56 59 60 Bb 2 A Sight Sun, Moon and Stars, praise ye the Lord, 449 67 72 74 Young Men and Maidens, &c. praise ye the Lord, 92 Flying Fowl, &c, praise ye the Lord, The Comparison and Complaint, God fupreme and self-sufficient, Jefus the only Saviour, Looking upward, Chrift dying, rifing, and reigning, The God of Thunder, 93 94 96 97 99 100 101 103 The Day of Judgment, in English Sapphic, The Song of Angels above, Fire, Air, Earth and Sea, praise ye the Lord, 112 113 Seeking |
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