Citation - Pennsylvania Chronicle: 1772.01.06

PC.772.001
30 Dec 1771-6 Jan 1772:2001 (260)
ON THE BIRTH OF CHRIST; a Sacred Ode.
Again I see with gladsome eyes, 
The happy morn's return arise
Of our Redeemer's birth;
On which the Prince of peace and love
Left the resplendent courts above, 
To dwell with men on earth.
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What music Bethlehem fill'd thy plains, 
While thus in sweet celestial strains, 
The bards immortal sung;
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