I saw the obsequious Seraphims
Their rosy fleece of fire bestow.
For well they now can spare their wing,60
Since Heavn itself lyes here below.
Well done, said I; but are you sure
Your down so warm, will passe for pure?
Chorus. Well done, sayd I.
Tityrus.
No, no! your King's not yet to seeke65
Where to repose His royall head;
See, see! how soon His new-bloom'd cheek
Twixt's mother's brests is gone to bed.
Sweet choise, said we! no way but so
Not to ly cold, yet sleep in snow.70
Chorus. Sweet choise, said we.
Both.
We saw Thee in Thy baulmy nest,
Bright dawn of our æternall Day!
We saw Thine eyes break from their East
And chase the trembling shades away.75
We saw Thee: and we blest the sight,
We saw Thee, by Thine Own sweet light.
Chorus. We saw Thee, &c.
Fvll Chorvs.
Wellcome, all wonders in one sight!
Æternity shutt in a span!80
Sommer in Winter, Day in Night!
Heauen in Earth, and God in man!
Great, little One! Whose all-embracing birth
Lifts Earth to Heauen, stoopes Heau'n to Earth.