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THE ANGEL'S CHRISTMAS QUEST by JOHN BANISTER TABB

First Line: WHERE HAVE YE LAID MY LORD?
Last Line: SWATHING THE LIMBS OF LOVE!
Subject(s): ANGELS; CHRISTMAS; NATIVITY, THE;

"Where have ye laid my Lord?
Behold, I find Him not!
Hath He, in heaven adored,
His home forgot?
Give me, O sons of men,
My truant God again!"

"A voice from sphere to sphere --
A faltering murmur -- ran,
'Behold, He is not here!
Perchance with Man,
The lowlier made than we,
He hides His Majesty.'"

Then, hushed in wondering awe,
The spirit held his breath
And bowed; for, lo, he saw
O'ershadowing Death,
A Mother's hand above,
Swathing the limbs of Love!



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