...Christ's birth is well pictured by the poet: "Nor war, or battle's sound Was heard the world around: The idle spear and shield were high up hung, The hooked chariot stood Unstain'd with hostile blood, The trumpet spake not to the armed throng, And kings sat still with awful...

...the World around: The idle spear and shield were high up hung; 55 The hooked Chariot stood Unstain'd with hostile blood, The Trumpet spake not to the armed throng, And Kings sate still with awfull eye, As if they surely knew their sovran Lord was by. 6o But peacefull was the...

...No war, or battail's sound, Was heard the world around; The idle spear and shield were high uphung; The hooked chariot stood, Unstained with hostile blood...The trumpet spake not to the armed throng; And Kings sat still with awful eye, As if they surely knew their sovran Lord was by. But peaceful was the night...

...the world around, Th« idle spear and shield were high up hung; The unhooked chariot stood Unitain'd with hostile blood, The trumpet spake not to the armed throng; And kings sat still with awful «ye AS if they surely knew their sovran Lord was by. " And peaceful was the night...

...the world around : The idle spear and shield were high uphung; The hooked chariot stood Unstain'd by hostile blood; The trumpet spake not to the armed throng; And kings sat still with awful eye, As if they surely knew their sovran Lord was by. An opportunity so marvellous...

...slrilees a universal! Peace through Sea and Land. IV No War, or Battails sound Was heard the World around, The idle Spear and shield were high up hung; The hooked Chariot slood Unftain'd with hoslile hlood, The Trumpet Spake not to the armed throng, And Kings sate Hill...

...strikes a universal peace through sea and land. 4 No war, or battle's sound Was beard the world around; The idle spear and shield were high up hung; The hooked...The trumpet spake not to the armed throng, And kings sat still with awful eye, As if they surely knew their sovereign Lord was by. 5 But peaceful was the...

...strikes a universal peace through sea and land. 4 No war, or battle's sound Was heard the world around; The idle spear and shield were high up hung; The hooked chariot 10 stood Unstained with hostile blood; The trumpet spake not to the armed throng, And kings sat still...

...Morning of Christ's Nativity," written in 1620: No War, or Battails sound Was heard the World around, The idle spear and shield were high up hung; The hooked Chariot stood Unstain'd with hostile blood, The Trumpet spake not to the armed throng, And Kings sate still with...

...strikes a universal peace through sea and land. IV No war, or battle's sound Was heard the world around The idle spear and shield were high up hung, The hooked chariot stood0 Unstained with hostile blood, The trumpet spake not to the armed throng, And kings sat still...