IV
O they sail’d in to Bethlehem!
—To Bethlehem, to Bethlehem;
Saint Michael was the sterèsman,
Saint John sate in the horn[625].
V
And all the bells on earth did ring
—On earth did ring, on earth did ring:
‘Welcome be thou Heaven’s King,
On Christ’s Sunday at morn!’
FOOTNOTES:
[625] horn = prow.