the

Filling the feast, as if for their own dead.

The giver of light, and as to a god

Forsaking the Creator, having faith

Deaf and dumb, in the evil putting trust,

And give the hungry bread, the thirsty drink,

And give the hungry bread, the thirsty drink,

And to the body that is naked clothes

Providing. Recreate the afflicted man,

And help the weary, and provide for me

The living One a living sacrifice

Heaven will I roll up and the depths of earth

Lay open, and then will I raise the dead

Judging the manner both of pious men

The mouth of every one, that they themselves

And unto ages there shall be the light

Longed for of the great . . .

From heaven the fiery blast, and with rough torch

From clashing doth the scepter keep, and calm

The crashings of the heavy-sounding thunders,

The crashings of the heavy-sounding thunders,

Hold back the rushing noises. . . .

And the fire-blazing scourges thou dost blunt

Of lightnings, and the vast outpour of storms

Him with the first sweet utterance of mouth

Him being yet mortal all things of the world

Together all the elements obeyed,

And earth and water of the sea, sun, moon,

Art, might and strength, and the wild tribes

But in the latest times the earth he passed,

But in the latest times the earth he passed,

And coming late from the virgin Mary's womb

He next addressed the maiden with his voice:

God's grace on the sweet maiden; and straightway

She quivered at the unlooked-for things she heard.

Was cheered by the voice, and the maiden laughed

Was cheered by the voice, and the maiden laughed

And confidence came to her. And the Word

Flew into the womb, and in course of time

The Father, nor was it to God the Son.

The Father, nor was it to God the Son.

And the glad earth received the new born babe,

And the glad earth received the new born babe,

The heavenly throne laughed and the world rejoiced.

The heavenly throne laughed and the world rejoiced.

And the prophetic new-appearing star

'Was honored by the wise men, and the babe

'Was honored by the wise men, and the babe

That obeyed God, and keepers of the herds,

And goatherds and to shepherds of the lambs;

And Bethlehem called by God the fatherland

Of the Word was chosen. . . .

Sprung from the holy race of the heavenly Christ

Sprung from the holy race of the heavenly Christ

And walk the paths of piety and truth.

The inmost sanctuary of the temples,

The inmost sanctuary of the temples,

Nor honor them with prayers, nor with the smells

Adding unto the sacrifice of bulls

Ransom for penalty beneath the earth;

Nor by the smoke of flesh-consuming pyre

And odors foul pollute the light of heaven;

The imperishable and without deceit,

The cities huge and nations numberless,

Throughout the east and west and south and north,

And kingdoms; other things, the very worst,

For from the time when on the earlier men

For from the time when on the earlier men

The flood came and the Almighty One himself

The flood came and the Almighty One himself

By which the tower unutterably great

Was the tenth race since these things came to pass;

And the whole earth was among foreign men

Of the initial letter show the name.

Of the initial letter show the name.

This letter of the acrostic of his name:

A fearful sign in the Egyptian land,

The law-giver, himself a prisoner,

The East and offspring of Assyrian men

. . . of the measure of the number ten.

. . . of the measure of the number ten.

But when there shall come from the radiant heaven

Great royal one! the Erythraean sea

Then when the people of twelve tribes shall leave

The fruitful land of ruin by command

Of the Immortal, the Lord God himself

Of the Immortal, the Lord God himself

And o'er the Hebrews then a mighty king

Now the tenth kingdom being twelve times complete

Seven besides and even unto the tenth hundred,

Then shall arise the Persian sovereignty.

And then an evil shall befall the Jews,

Of his son's son shall lay the scepter down,

And then unto the Persians and the Medes

And then unto the Persians and the Medes

And to Libya and the Ethiopians,

And to the Carians and Pamphylians

Shall to the grandsons give the royal power,

Shall to the grandsons give the royal power,

Who again snatching the whole earth away

Shall the sad Persians by the Tigris wail,