said the first shepherd.
“Lo, He merry is;
Lo, He laughs, my sweeting,
A welcome meeting!
I have given my greeting,
Have a bob of cherries?”
Then in the same homely, delightful way, the second shepherd greeted the Baby:
“Hail, Sovereign Saviour, for Thou hast us sought!
Hail! I kneel and I cower.... A bird have I brought
To my bairn.