XCII.

_Deus nobiscum._ Matt. i. 23.

Nobiscum Deus est? vestrum hoc est, hei mihi! vestrum:

Vobiscum Deus est, o asini atque boves.

Nobiscum non est; nam nos domus aurea sumit:

Nobiscum Deus est, et jacet in stabulo?

Hoc igitur nostrum ut fiat, dulcissime Jesu,

Nos dandi stabulis, vel tibi danda domus.

_God with us._

Is God with us? Woe's me,

God is with you, ye beasts, I see.

God is with you, ye beasts;

God comes not to our golden feasts.

That God may be with us,

We must provide a lowly house.

God comes to the humble manger,

While to the great house a stranger. G.

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