I sing the birth was born to-night <br />The author both of life and light; <br /> The angels so did sound it. <br />And like the ravished shepherds said, <br />Who saw the light, and were afraid, <br /> Yet searched, and true they found it. <br /> <br />The Son of God, th' eternal king, <br />That did us all salvation bring, <br /> And freed the soul from danger; <br />He whom the whole world could not take, <br />The Word, which heaven and earth did make, <br /> Was now laid in a manger. <br /> <br />The Father's wisdom willed it so, <br />The Son's obedience knew no No, <br /> Both wills were in one stature; <br />And as that wisdom had decreed. <br />The Word was now made flesh indeed. <br /> And took on him our nature. <br /> <br />What comfort by him do we win. <br />Who made himself the price of sin. <br /> To make us heirs of glory! <br />To see this babe all innocence; <br />A martyr born in our defence: <br /> Can man forget the story?<br /><br />Ben Jonson<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-hymn-on-the-nativity-of-my-saviour/
