Citation - Providence Gazette: 1780.12.27

PGCJ.780.012
27 Dec 1780:33 (887)
December 25, 1780.
AN ODE FOR CHRISTMAS MORN.
And there were shepherds in the country, finding their
flocks by night.  St. Luke.
First Shepherd.
  At this unwonted hour, behold,
  What strikes my wond'ring soul with fear:
  How all yon east is streak'd with gold,
  As if the op'ning morn were near!
  . . . [3 verses]
  Go publish what I sing:
  Earth is no more a scene forlorn,
  This night the promis'd Christ is born.
  . . . [3 more verses]