<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=374068" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Magnificat</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">THIS is Christ's birthday: long ago <br>He lay upon His Mother's knee, <br>Who kissed and blessed Him soft and low-- <br>God's gift to her, as you to me. </div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>My baby dear, my little one, <br>The love that rocks this cradling breast <br>Is such as Mary gave her Son: <br>She was more honoured, not more blest. </div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>He smiled as you smile: not more sweet <br>Than your eyes were those eyes of His, <br>And just such little hands and feet <br>As yours Our Lady used to kiss. </div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>The world's desire that Mother bore: <br>She held a King upon her knee: <br>O King of all my world, and more <br>Than all the world's desire to me! </div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>I thank God on the Christmas morn, <br>For He has given me all things good: <br>This body which a child has borne, <br>This breast, made holy for his food. </div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>High in high heaven Our Lady's throne <br>Beside her Son's stands up apart: <br>I sit on heaven's steps alone <br>And hold my king against my heart. </div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>Across dark depths she hears your cry; <br>She sees your smile, through worlds of blue <br>Who was a mother, even as I, <br>And loved her Child, as I love you. </div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>And to her heart my babe is dear, <br>Because she bore the Babe Divine, <br>And all my soul to hers draws near, <br>And loves Him for the sake of mine!</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Edith+Nesbit">Edith Nesbit</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=374068" data-title="Magnificat de Edith Nesbit" data-description="THIS is Christ's birthday: long ago He lay upon His Mother's knee, Who kissed and blessed Him soft and low-- God's gift to her, as you to me. My baby dear, my little one, The love that rocks this cradling breast Is such as Mary gave her So..."></div> </div> </div>

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