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the stable     The night Our Lady came。 Our Lady and Saint Joseph�察                   �He 

gave them food and bed�察�And Jesus Christ has given him                   A glory round 

his head。 

            So    let  the  gate  swing    open            However      poor    the  yard�察�

Lest    weary    people    visit  you             And    find   their  passage    barred�察�

Unlatch     the   door   at  midnight                And     let  your   lantern's   glow 

Shine out to guide the traveler's feet                To you across the snow。 

     There   was   a   courteous   hostler   ��He   is   in   Heaven   to´night��   He   held 

Our Lady's bridle       And helped her to alight�察�He spread clean straw before 

her    Whereon she might lie down�察�And Jesus Christ has given him                     An 

everlasting crown。 

            Unlock   the   door   this   evening           And   let   your   gate   swing 

wide�察          �Let   all  who    ask  for  shelter           Come     speedily    inside。 

What     if  your   yard  be   narrow�拭            �What     if  your  house    be  small�拭�

There is a Guest is coming                 Will glorify it all。 

     There was a joyous hostler         Who knelt on Christmas morn Beside the 

radiant    manger     Wherein      his   Lord   was    born。   His  heart   was    full  of 

laughter�察    �His   soul   was   full   of   bliss   When   Jesus�察  �on   His   Mother's   lap�察�

Gave him His hand to kiss。 

            Unbar your heart this evening                  And keep no stranger out�察�

Take from your soul's great portal                  The barrier of doubt。              To 

humble folk and weary                 Give hearty welcoming�察               �Your breast 

shall be to´morrow               The cradle of a King。 



       The Robe of Christ 

     ��For Cecil Chesterton�� 



     At the foot of the Cross on Calvary          Three soldiers sat and diced�察�And 



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one of them was the Devil          And he won the Robe of Christ。 

     When the Devil comes in his proper form                 To the chamber where I 

dwell�察 �I   know  him  and   make   the   Sign   of   the   Cross    Which   drives   him 

back to Hell。 

     And when he comes like a friendly man                And puts his hand in mine�察�

The fervour in his voice is not         From love or joy or wine。 

     And when he comes like a woman�察              �With lovely�察�smiling eyes�察�Black 

dreams float over his golden head            Like a swarm of carrion flies。 

     Now   many   a   million   tortured   souls     In   his   red   halls   there   be�此  �Why 

does he spend his subtle craft         In hunting after me�拭�

     Kings�察  �queens   and   crested   warriors      Whose   memory   rings   through 

time�察  �These   are   his   prey�察  �and   what   to   him Is   this   poor   man   of   rhyme�察�

That   he�察  �with   such   laborious   skill�察  �Should   change   from   role   to   role�察�

Should daily act so many a part           To get my little soul�拭�

     Oh�察�he can be the forest�察       �And he can be the sun�察�Or a buttercup�察�or an 

hour of rest     When the weary day is done。 

     I saw him through a thousand veils�察           �And has not this sufficed�拭�Now�察�

must I look on the Devil robed           In the radiant Robe of Christ�拭�

     He   comes�察  �and   his   face   is   sad   and   mild�察�With   thorns   his   head   is 

crowned�察�There are great bleeding wounds in his feet�察                �And in each hand 

a wound。 

     How     can   I  tell�察 �who   am   a  fool�察  �If   this  be  Christ   or  no�拭  �Those 

bleeding hands outstretched to me�            �Those eyes that love me so� �

     I see the Robe  I look  I hope         I fear  but there is one Who will 

direct my troubled mind�察         �Christ's Mother knows her Son。 

     O Mother of Good Counsel�察�lend              Intelligence to me� �Encompass me 

with wisdom�察       �Thou Tower of Ivory� �

     ;This is the Man of Lies�察─�she says�察            �Disguised with fearful art�此�He 

has the wounded hands and feet�察           �But not the wounded heart。; 

     Beside the   Cross   on   Calvary      She   watched   them  as   they  diced。   She 

saw the Devil join the game          And win the Robe of Christ。 



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                          The Singing Girl 



    ��For the Rev。 Edward F。 Garesche�察�S。 J。�� 



    There was a little maiden       In blue and silver drest�察�She sang to God in 

Heaven      And God within her breast。 

    It flooded me with pleasure�察        �It pierced me like a sword�察�When this 

young maiden sang�此        �My soul     Doth magnify the Lord。; 

    The stars   sing   all together    And hear  the  angels   sing�察 �But   they  said 

they had never heard       So beautiful a thing。 

     Saint Mary and Saint Joseph�察       �And Saint Elizabeth�察�Pray for us poets 

now     And at the hour of death。 



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                           The Annunciation 



     ��For Helen Parry Eden�� 



     ;Hail Mary�察�full of grace�察─�the Angel saith。            Our Lady bows her head�察�

and   is   ashamed�察    �She   has   a   Bridegroom   Who   may   not   be   named�察  �Her 

mortal   flesh   bears   Him  Who   conquers   death。   Now   in   the   dust   her   spirit 

grovelleth�察     �Too   bright   a   Sun   before   her   eyes   has   flamed�察  �Too   fair   a 

herald joy too high proclaimed�察�And human lips have trembled in God's 

breath。 

     O    Mother´Maid�察      �thou   art  ashamed     to  cover    With     thy   white   self�察�

whereon   no   stain   can   be�察  �Thy   God�察  �Who   came   from   Heaven   to   be   thy 

Lover�察     �Thy  God�察�Who   came   from  Heaven   to   dwell   in   thee。 About   thy 

head celestial legions hover�察        �Chanting the praise of thy humility。 



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                                           Roses 



     ��For Katherine Bregy�� 



     I went to gather roses and twine them in a ring�察�For I would make a 

posy�察�a posy for the King。 I got an hundred roses�察�the loveliest there be�察�

From  the   white   rose   vine   and   the   pink   rose   bush   and   from  the   red   rose 

tree。 

     But when I took my posy and laid it at His feet I found He had His 

roses a million times more sweet。 There was a scarlet blossom upon each 

foot   and   hand�察  �And   a   great   pink   rose   bloomed   from   His   side   for   the 

healing of the land。 

     Now   of   this   fair   and   awful   King   there   is   this   marvel   told�察  �That   He 

wears   a   crown   of   linked   thorns   instead   of   one   of   gold。 Where   there   are 

thorns are roses�察�and I saw a line of red�察�A little wreath of roses around His 

radiant head。 

     A   red   rose   is   His   Sacred   Heart�察  �a   white   rose   is   His   face�察  �And   His 

breath has turned the barren world to a rich and flowery place。 He is the 

Rose   of   Sharon�察  �His   gardener   am   I�察�And   I   shall   drink   His   fragrance   in 

Heaven when I die。 



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                              The Visitation 



     ��For Louise Imogen Guiney�� 



    There is a wall of flesh before the eyes          Of John�察�who yet perceives 

and hails his King。      It is Our Lady's painful bliss to bring Before mankind 

the   Glory   of   the   skies。   Her   cousin   feels   her   womb's   sweet   burden   rise 

And leap with joy�察�and she comes forth to sing�察            �With trembling mouth�察�

her words of welcoming。 She knows her hidden God�察�and prophesies。 

     Saint John�察�pray for us�察�weary souls that tarry         Where life is withered 

by sin's deadly breath。 Pray for us�察�whom the dogs of Satan harry�察              �Saint 

John�察�Saint Anne�察�and Saint Elizabeth。 And�察�Mother Mary�察�give us Christ 

to carry    Within our hearts�察�that we may conquer death。 



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                              Multiplication 



     ��For S。 M。 E。�� 



     I   take   my   leave�察 �with   sorrow�察  �of   Him  I   love   so   well�察  �I look   my   last 

upon His small and radiant prison´cell�察�O happy lamp� �to serve Him with 

never ceasing light� �O happy flame� �to tremble forever in His sight� �

     I leave the holy quiet for the loudly human train�察�And my heart that He 

has breathed upon is filled with lonely pain。 O King�察�O Friend�察�O Lover� �

What sorer grief can be In all the reddest depths of Hell than banishment 

from Thee�拭�

     But   from   my   window   as   I   speed   across   the   sleeping   land   I   see   the 

towns and villages wherein His houses stand。 Above the roofs I see a cross 

outlined against the night�察�And I know that there my Lover dwells in His 

sacramental might。 

     Dominions kneel before Him�察�and Powers kiss His feet�察�Yet for me He 

keeps   His   weary   watch   in   the   turmoil   of   the   street�此  �The   King   of   Kings 

awaits me�察�wherever I may go�察�O who am I that He should deign to love 

and serve me so�拭�



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                             Thanksgiving 



    ��For John Bunker�� 



    The roar of the world is in my ears。          Thank God for the roar of the
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