Richard Crashaw Quote

Poor World (said I) what wilt thou do
To entertain this starry stranger?
Is this the best thou canst bestow?
A cold, and not too cleanly, manger?
Contend, ye powers of heav'n and earth
To fit a bed for this huge birth.


'Hymn of the Nativity' (1652)


Poor World (said I) what wilt thou do To entertain this starry stranger? Is this the best thou canst bestow? A cold, and not too cleanly, manger?...

Poor World (said I) what wilt thou do To entertain this starry stranger? Is this the best thou canst bestow? A cold, and not too cleanly, manger?...

Poor World (said I) what wilt thou do To entertain this starry stranger? Is this the best thou canst bestow? A cold, and not too cleanly, manger?...

Poor World (said I) what wilt thou do To entertain this starry stranger? Is this the best thou canst bestow? A cold, and not too cleanly, manger?...