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A CHRISTMAS PRAYER by GEORGE MACDONALD

Poet Analysis

First Line: LOVING LOOKS THE LARGE-EYED COW
Last Line: WE ARE HIS, AS WELL AS THOU.
Subject(s): CHRISTMAS; PRAYER; NATIVITY, THE;

Loving looks the large-eyed cow,
Loving stares the long-eared ass
At Heaven's glory in the grass!
Child, with added human birth
Come to bring the child of earth
Glad repentance, tearful mirth,
And a seat beside the hearth
At the Father's knee--
Make us peaceful as thy cow;
Make us patient as thine ass;
Make us quiet as thou art now;
Make us strong as thou wilt be.
Make us always know and see
We are His, as well as thou.



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