| Arthur Quiller-Couch, comp. The Oxford Book of Victorian Verse. 1922. | | | | Tryste Noel | | By Louise Imogen Guiney (1861–1920) |
| | | THE OX he openeth wide the Doore, | |
| And from the Snowe he calls her inne; | |
| And he hath seen her smile therefore, | |
| Our Ladye without sinne. | |
| Now soone from Sleepe | 5 |
| A Starre shall leap, | |
| And soone arrive both King and Hinde: | |
| Amen, Amen; | |
| But O the Place co’d I but finde! | |
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| The Ox hath husht his Voyce and bent | 10 |
| Trewe eye of Pitty ore the Mow; | |
| And on his lovelie Neck, forspent | |
| The Blessèd lays her Browe. | |
| Around her feet | |
| Full warme and sweete | 15 |
| His bowerie Breath doth meeklie dwell; | |
| Amen, Amen; | |
| But sore am I with Vaine Travel! | |
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| The Ox is host in Juda’s stall, | |
| And Host of more than onely one; | 20 |
| For close she gathereth withal | |
| Our Lorde, her little Sonne. | |
| Glad Hinde and King | |
| Their Gyfte may bring, | |
| But wo’d to-night my Teares were there; | 25 |
| Amen, Amen; | |
| Between her Bosome and His hayre! | | | | |
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