“Good ox, good ass, your brothers wait
This hour beside His Crib—A sign
There, too, is thine, meek lamb; thy Mate
Is Blessed Mary’s Lamb divine!
“And, from thy seed, bold Chanticleer!
Shall spring that bird of Passiontide,
Whose voice shall thrice to Peter’s ear
Proclaim: ‘Thou hast thy Lord denied!’