Christ is born of bless­èd Ma­ry!
Sing the won­drous life be­gun!
Man di­vine and God in­car­nate!
Israel, lo! thy Ho­ly One!
Now ful­filled the pro­phet’s vi­sion;
See the Child, the Lord of all,
Stripped, in­deed, of heav’n­ly splen­dor,
Choosing for His couch a stall.

Thou, O Is­ra­el’s God and Sav­ior,
Verily Thy­self dost hide;
Clad in flesh, dis­guised in weak­ness,
All Thou hast by earth sup­plied.
Very God from ev­er­last­ing
As a help­less babe re­vealed,
Mary’s breast Thy tran­sient pil­low,
Mary’s arms Thy on­ly shield!

Wonderful, the seer pro­claimed Thee,
Mighty God, and Prince of Peace,
King whose ev­er­last­ing king­dom
Shall for­ev­er­more in­crease!
Yet no roy­al sign or ti­tle
Could Thy bound­less grace de­clare
Like that name of end­less sweet­ness
Thou for us alone dost bear.

Jesus!—Sav­ior of His peo­ple!
Jesus!—Shep­herd of His flock!
Well of life, and hid­den man­na;
Wayside strength, and tow­er of rock!
Jesus, see Thy Church ador­ing
Prostrate at Thine in­fant feet,
Her Re­deem­er’s praise out­pour­ing
In that name of names most sweet!