Words: Greek Menæa (Dec. 25)

Source: George Radcliffe Woodward, ed, Songs of Syon (London: Schott & Co., Third Edition, 1908), # 25

Every creature, by thee made,
On thy Birth-day homage paid:—
Angels lent thee hymn of praise,
Heav’n the star with silver rays,
Wise Men incense, myrrh and gold,
Shepherds wonder manifold,
Beasts the manger, earth the cave,—
We the Virgin-Mother gave.