Citation - Boston Post Boy: 1771.12.23

BPB.771.051
23 Dec 1771:33 (748)
AN HYMN ON CHRISTMAS-DAY.
Inferior thoughts, avaunt!  This morn
The noblest subject brings:
On this auspicious day was born
A saviour!  King of Kings!
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Unequal are the hymns of praise
Which even angels sing:
Then how shall these unskillful lays
just adoration bring?
Yet tune, my soul, thy gladsome voice,
And join th' angelic choir;
Who, thron'd in boundless light, rejoice
With pure seraphic fire!