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Bethlehem-Town · Ririro.com - Poetry

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  Speaker 1: Bethlehem Town. As I was going to Bethlehem Town upon
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  Speaker 1: the earth, I cast me down all underneath a little
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  Speaker 1: tree that whispered in this wise to me, Oh, I
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  Speaker 1: shall stand on Calvary and bear what burthen saveth thee.
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  Speaker 1: As up I fared to Bethlehem Town, I met a
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  Speaker 1: shepherd coming down. And thus he quoth A wondrous sight
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  Speaker 1: hath spread before mine eyes this night, an angel host
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  Speaker 1: most fair to see, that sung full sweetly of a
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  Speaker 1: tree that shall uplift on Calvary. What burthen saveth you
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  Speaker 1: and me? And as I got to Bethlehem Town, lo
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  Speaker 1: wise men came that bore a crown. Is there, cried
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  Speaker 1: I in Bethlahem. A king shall wear this diadem good,
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  Speaker 1: sooth they quoth. And it is he that shall be
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  Speaker 1: lifted on the tree and freely shed on Calvary. What
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  Speaker 1: blood redeemeth us and thee unto a child in Bethlehem Town.
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  Speaker 1: The wise men came and brought the crown. And while
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  Speaker 1: the infants, smiling, slept upon their knees, they fell and wept,
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  Speaker 1: But with her babe upon her knee not wrecked, that
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  Speaker 1: mother of the tree that should uplift on Calvary, What
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  Speaker 1: burthen saveth all and me again? I walk in Bethlehem
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  Speaker 1: town and think on him that wears the crown. I
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  Speaker 1: may not kiss his feet again, nor worship him as
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  Speaker 1: did I then my king, half died upon the tree
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  Speaker 1: and half outpoured on Calvary. What blood redeemeth you and me?
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  Speaker 1: But with her babe upon her knee not wrecked, that
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  Speaker 1: mother of the tree