A lesser-known verse (at least the second half) of What Child Is This . . .
Why lies He in such mean estate,
Where ox and ass are feeding?
Good Christians, fear, for sinners here
The silent Word is pleading.
Nails, spear shall pierce Him through,
The cross be borne for me, for you.
Hail, hail the Word made flesh,
The Babe, the Son of Mary.
The contrast created by mentioning the graphic violence of Christ’s crucifixion in a Christmas carol is gravely stark, and hauntingly beautiful. Gloria patri et filio et spiritu sancto.
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