THEY SAY IT IS A KING

They say it is a King\nHis temple entering;\nHis temple doth not rock\nWith gust and earthquake shock.\n2. But all the air is stilled,\nAs at a law fulfilled;\nMary, to keep God’s word,\nBrings babe and turtle-bird.\n3. Lo, Simeon draweth in,\nAnd doth his song begin;\nGreat doom is for her Son,\nAnd Mary’s heart undone.\n4. Oh, Simeon is blessed;\nChrist in his arms is pressed;\nMary’s sweet doves are slain;\nShe takes her babe again.\n5. And in her heart she knows\nHe will be slain, as those;\n97\nAnd on her journey home\nShe feels God’s kingdom come.