[Verse 1]
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All praise to thee, eternal Lord
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Clothed in a garb of flesh and blood;
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Choosing A manger for thy throne,
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While worlds on worlds are thine alone.
[Verse 2]
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Once did the skies before thee bow;
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A virgin's arms contain you now:
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Angels who did in thee rejoice
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Now listen for thine infant voice.
[Verse 3]
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A little Child, thou art our guest,
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That weary ones in thee may rest;
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Forlorn and lowly is thy birth,
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That we may rise to heav'n from earth.
[Verse 4]
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Thou comest in the darksome night,
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To make us children of the light;
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To make us, in the realms divine
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Like thine own Angels round thee shine.
[Verse 5]
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All this for us thy love hath done;
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By this to thee our love is won:
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For this we tune our joyful lays,
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And shout our thanks in ceaseless praise.