Classic Poem

THE SALUTATION .

" All-hail! "
The Virgin bids Elizabeth;
And at the magic of her breath
The unborn Baptist leaps to greet
The unborn Christ he comes to meet.
" My soul
Doth magnify the Lord! "
Repeat the gracious word
From pole to pole;
Magnificat with Mary sing,
Hail, Key of David, hail, our King!
Ring, happy bell,
Thrice hail to our Immanuel!