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A COLLECTION OF HYMNS OF THE MORAVIAN BRETHREN: 33 by ANONYMOUS

First Line: "CHICKEN BLESSED AND CARESSED, / LITTLE BEE ON JESU'S BREAST"
Last Line: "CHICKEN BLESSED, BEE CARESSED, / THOU THAT SLEEP'ST ON JESU'S BREAST"
Subject(s): MORAVIAN BRETHREN;
CHICKEN blessed and caressed,
Little bee on Jesu's breast,
From the hurry and the flurry
Of this earth thou'rt now at rest:
From our care in lower regions
Thou art taken to the legions
Who 'bove human griefs are raised;
There thou'rt kept, the Lamb be praised!
Chicken blessed, bee caressed,
Thou that sleep'st on Jesu's breast.



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