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Christus: A Mystery by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

PART II - THE GOLDEN LEGEND - III - The Nativity: A Miracle-Play

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The Nativity: A Miracle-Play

INTROITUS

PRAECO.
Come, good people, all and each,
Come and listen to our speech!
In your presence here I stand,
With a trumpet in my hand,
To announce the Easter Play,
Which we represent to-day!
First of all we shall rehearse,
In our action and our verse,
The Nativity of our Lord,
As written in the old record
Of the Protevangelion,
So that he who reads may run!

Blows his trumpet.

Content of PART II - THE GOLDEN LEGEND: The Nativity: A Miracle-Play [Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem from the collection: Christus: A Mystery]



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