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THE BABE TO THE GIFT-BEARER by JOHN BANISTER TABB

First Line: I CANNOT HOLD WITHIN MY HANDS
Last Line: TILL I AM OLDER GROWN.
Subject(s): JESUS CHRIST - CHILDHOOD & YOUTH; MARY. MOTHER OF JESUS; WOMEN - BIBLE; VIRGIN MARY;
I cannot hold within My hands
Thy gift, but here My mother stands
To take it as My own.
It is through her I come to thee,
And now our go-between is she
Till I am older grown.



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