Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE BURTHEN OF THE ASS, by JOHN BANISTER TABB


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First Line: On christmas night at bethlehem
Last Line: My shoulders were his throne.
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
Subject(s): Animals; Religion; Theology


On Christmas night at Bethlehem
When shepherds came, I watched with them
The Mother and the Child,
Who, warned from Herod's wrath to flee,
Were into Egypt borne by me
Beyond the desert wild.
And back again at Herod's death
I brought them home to Nazareth;
And when unto His own
With loud Hosannas to His Name
As King the Son of David came,
My shoulders were His throne.





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