(Given because, on that Blessed Day,
When the Holy Babe in the manger lay,
The ass had knelt at the Christ Child's feet
While the ox and the horse did nought but eat).
"Creature of God, thy silent plaint
Is louder than psalm of sage or saint.
"Long since did I and a little ass
Into an earthly city pass.
"Thy work is prayer; and thou art of them
That shall enter the New Jerusalem!"
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