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The tidings which that infant brings, Are not for conquerors, or for kings: Not for the sceptre or the brand, For crowned head, or red right hand. But to the contrite and the meek, The sinful, sorrowful, and weak: Or those who, with a hope sublime, Are waiting for the Lord’s good time. Only for those the angels sing, “All glory to our new-born King, And peace and good-will unto men, Hosanna to our God! Amen!”
The tidings which that infant brings, Are not for conquerors, or for kings: Not for the sceptre or the brand, For crowned head, or red right hand. But to the contrite and the meek, The sinful, sorrowful, and weak: Or those who, with a hope sublime, Are waiting for the Lord’s good time. Only for those the angels sing, “All glory to our new-born King, And peace and good-will unto men, Hosanna to our God! Amen!”
In print by 1888 AD · industrial
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- Miss Landon (identity unresolved)
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- In print by 1888 AD · industrial
In print by 1888: recorded in A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888). Collection publication is an upper bound for this wording, not its earliest origin, composition date or the author's lifetime.
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- A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888) (1888 AD)
Page 603 · printed citation: Miss Landon · subject: TIDINGS
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