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HYMN FOR ST. JOHN'S EVE by ANONYMOUS

First Line: O SYLVAN PROPHET! WHOSE ETERNAL FAME
Last Line: WHILST EACH GLAD PARENT TOLD AND BLESSED / THE SECRETS OF EACH OTHER'S BREAST
Subject(s): CHRISTMAS;LATIN LITERATURE;PROPHECY & PROPHETS; "NATIVITY, THE;ROMAN LITERATURE;"

O SYLVAN Prophet! whose eternal Fame
Echoes from @3Judah's@1 Hills and @3Jordan's@1 Stream,
The Musick of our Numbers raise,
And tune our Voices to thy Praise.

A Messenger from high @3Olympus@1 came
To bear the Tidings of thy Life and Name,
And told thy Sire each Prodigy
That Heav'n design'd to work in thee.

Hearing the News, and doubting in Surprize,
His faltering Speech in fetter'd Accent dy's;
But Providence, with happy Choice,
In thee restor'd thy Father's Voice.

In the Recess of Nature's dark Abode,
Though still enclos'd, yet knewest thou thy God;
Whilst each glad Parent told and blest
The Secrets of each other's Breast.



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