A Hymn On The Nativity Of My Saviour
I
sing
the
birth
was
born
to-night
The
author
both
of
life
and
light;
The
angels
so
did
sound
it.
And
like
the
ravished
shepherds
said,
Who
saw
the
light,
and
were
afraid,
Yet
searched,
and
true
they
found
it.
The
Son
of
God,
th'
eternal
king,
That
did
us
all
salvation
bring,
And
freed
the
soul
from
danger;
He
whom
the
whole
world
could
not
take,
The
Word,
which
heaven
and
earth
did
make,
Was
now
laid
in
a
manger.
The
Father's
wisdom
willed
it
so,
The
Son's
obedience
knew
no
No,
Both
wills
were
in
one
stature;
And
as
that
wisdom
had
decreed.
The
Word
was
now
made
flesh
indeed.
And
took
on
him
our
nature.
What
comfort
by
him
do
we
win.
Who
made
himself
the
price
of
sin.
To
make
us
heirs
of
glory!
To
see
this
babe
all
innocence;
A
martyr
born
in
our
defence:
Can
man
forget
the
story?
Ben Jonson
Ben Jonson (born June 11?, 1572, London, England—died August 6, 1637, London) English Stuart dramatist, lyric poet, and literary critic. He is generally regarded as the second most important English dramatist, after William Shakespeare, during the reign of James I. Among his major plays are the comedies Every Man in His Humour (1598), Volpone (1605), Epicoene; or, The Silent Woman (1609), The Alchemist (1610), and Bartholomew Fair (1614). Ben Jonson died in Westminster on August 8, 1637. A tremendous crowd of mourners attended his burial at Westminster Abbey. He is regarded as one of the major dramatists and poets of the seventeenth century.