A NATIVITY PLAY BY LAURENCE HOUSMAN PERFORMED WITH MUSIC BY JOSEPH MOORAT UNDER THE STAGE-DIRECTION OF EDWARD GORDON CRAIG DECEMBER MCMII Ye Gentles, that come here to watch our play, Put, we beseech you, thought of us away! No standing here have we: in heart we kneel, With, at our hearts, this prayer,--that ye may feel How in Love’s hands time is a little thing! And so shall Love to-night your senses bring Back to the hills of Bethlehem, the fold Where shepherds watched their sheep, where angels told Of peace, goodwill to men, in Christ new-born, By Whom, from Virgin Birth, our flesh goes worn. Also, if we may guide you, ye shall see The manger where in great humility Lieth that Babe, the …
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