He found in her a bride, and counsellor, as well,
And happy are the men who in her palace dwell.
In tones of eloquence and words of power,
The wond'rous story of the cross she told;
Christ's lowly birth, pure life, and of the hour
When He, to bring us to the heavenly fold,
Bore on the cross our sins, and opened mercy's door,
Then from the dead arose to reign for evermore.
Soon on Tolbiac's bloody field the king
Led on his troops against a mighty foe;