Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THAT HOLY THING, by GEORGE MACDONALD


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First Line: They all were looking for a king
Last Line: Yea, every bygone prayer.
Subject(s): Christmas; Jesus Christ; Religion; Nativity, The; Theology


THEY all were looking for a king
To slay their foes and lift them high:
Thou cam'st, a little baby thing
That made a woman cry.

O Son of Man, to right my lot
Naught but Thy presence can avail;
Yet on the road Thy wheels are not,
Nor on the sea Thy sail!

My how or when Thou wilt not heed,
But come down Thine own secret stair,
That Thou mayst answer all my need --
Yea, every bygone prayer.





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