Child Of The Poor What Child Is This by Misc Christmas
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Helpless and hungry, lowly afraid,
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Wrapped in the chill of mid-winter
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Comes now among us, born into poverty's embrace,
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New life for the world
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Who is this who lives with the lowly, Sharing their sorrows,
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Knowing their hunger?
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This is Christ, revealed to the world
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In the eyes of a child, a child of the poor.
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What child is this, who, laid to rest,
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On Mary's lap is sleeping?
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Whom angels greet with anthems sweet,
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While shepherds watch are keeping?
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This, this is Christ the King,
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Whom shepherds guard and angels sing:
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Haste, haste to bring him laud,
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The babe, the son of Mary.
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Who is the stranger, here in our midst,
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Looking for shelter among us?
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Who is this outcast? Who do we see amidst the poor,
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The children of God?
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Who is this who lives with the lowly, Sharing their sorrows,
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Knowing their hunger?
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This is Christ, revealed to the world
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In the eyes of a child, a child of the poor.
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Why lies he in such mean estate
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Where ox and ass are feeding?
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Good Christian, fear: for sinners here
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The silent Word is pleading.
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This, this is Christ the King,
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Whom shepherds guard and angels sing:
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Haste, haste to bring him laud,
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The babe, the son of Mary.
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Bring all the thirsty, all who seek peace;
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Bring those with nothing to offer,
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Strengthen the feeble, say to the frightened heart:
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"Fear not, here is your God!".
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Who is this who lives with the lowly, Sharing their sorrows,
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Knowing their hunger?
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This is Christ, revealed to the world
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In the eyes of a child, a child of the poor.
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So bring him incense, gold, and myrrh,
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Come, peasant, king, to own him.
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the King of kings salvation brings,
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Let loving hearts enthrone him.
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This, this is Christ the King,
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Whom shepherds guard and angels sing:
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Haste, haste to bring him laud,
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The babe, the son of Mary.
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