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 Yet the wise men's eyes Saw thee not more clear Than they saw thee rise Who in shepherd's guise Drew as poor men near.

Yet thy poor endure, And are with us yet; Be thy name a sure Refuge for thy poor Whom men's eyes forget.

Thou whose ways we praised, Clear alike and dark, Keep our works and ways This and all thy days Safe inside thine ark.

Who shall keep thy sheep, Lord, and lose not one? Who save one shall keep, Lest the shepherds sleep? Who beside the Son?

From the grave-deep wave, From the sword and flame, Thou, even thou, shalt save