We saw Thee in Thy balmy nest, Young Dawn of our Eternal Day! We saw Thine eyes break from the East And chase the trembling shades away. We saw Thee and we blest the sight, We saw Thee by Thine own sweet light.
ATTRIBUTION:
Richard Crashaw (1613?–1649), British poet. In the Holy Nativity of Our Lord God (l. 31–36). . .
Oxford Anthology of English Literature, The, Vols. I–II. Frank Kermode and John Hollander, general eds. (1973) Oxford University Press (Also published as six paperback vols.: Medieval English Literature, J. B. Trapp, ed.; The Literature of Renaissance England, John Hollander and Frank Kermode, eds.; The Restoration and the Eighteenth Century, Martin Price, ed.; Romantic Poetry and Prose, Harold Bloom and Lionel Trilling, eds.; Victorian Prose and Poetry, Lionel Trilling and Harold Bloom, eds.; Modern British Literature, Frank Kermode and John Hollander, eds.).
