From lands that see the sun arise
To earth's remotest boundaries,
The Virgin-born today we sing,
The Son of Mary, Christ the King.
Blest Author of this earthly frame,
To take a servant's form He came,
That, liberating flesh by flesh,
Whom He had made might live afresh.
Roman Breviary, Feast of Christmas, Hymn
A solis Ortus cardine at Lauds.
(Tr. J. Neale) (Sedulius, 5th century)
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