A MYSTERY PLAY

Lo! Gentiles in Thy Light shall walk;— and Kings, all in the splendour bright Of this Thy rising. Lift Thine eyes and see.


A MYSTERY PLAY

IN HONOUR OF THE

NATIVITY OF OUR LORD

BY

ROBERT HUGH BENSON

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS

LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO.
39 PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON
NEW YORK, BOMBAY, AND CALCUTTA
1908

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CONVENTVS · S · MARIAE · CANTABRIGIENSIS · ALVMNIS

QVARVM

ARDOR · PIETAS · REVERENTIA

INGENERAVIT · FOVIT · ILLVMINAVIT

LIBELLVM

VOTA · IMPLORANS

D · D

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