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| From the film The Nativity Story (2006), rated PG |
Wrapped in
secret, underground
Sleeping
infant makes no sound
Bed of straw
and stench of beast
Greatest
born to family least
Rapt in
secret, working man
Virgin
mother, shepherd band
Wise men
from a country far
Worship Him
by light of star
Wrapped in
secret, hunted one
Earthly
might fears Godly son
He has come
to seek and save
Born below
to rise from grave
Rapt in
secret, angels sing
Glory to the
King of kings
Strength made
helpless; selfless love
Here below
shows God above
Wrapped in
secret, greatest gift
By our hands
of swaddling stripped
Hung upon a
lifeless tree
Sacrifice for you and me
Rapt in secret, we the poor
Kneel in before
Him evermore:
Blest be home
and blest be feast
And blest are we, His servants least
J. Thorp
December 2015