Note 14 — Chapter II · CHRISTMAS POETRY (I)[8]{1}
Reading edition
“Come and look upon her child Nestling in the hay! See his fair arms opened wide, On her lap to play! And she tucks him by her side, Cloaks him as she may! Gives her paps unto his mouth, Where his lips are laid. * * * * * She with left hand cradling Rocked and hushed her boy, And with holy lullabies Quieted her toy.... Little angels all around Danced, and carols flung; Making verselets sweet and true, Still of love they sung.”
(Translation by John Addington Symonds in “The Renaissance in Italy. Italian Literature” [1898 Edn.], Part I., 468.)