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The King Foretold. 
When long ago of old,
The Prophets spake, it was foretold
That one would come in high degree,
To set the captive free
And from a bondage set at nought
The evil that seduced our thought
To win for us a loftier life,
And save us from all toil and strife,
One came, but oh! in humble state,
The Giver of all, He would not take
Upon Himself the Royal Decree
Of a king of might and majesty.
Then lowly from this humble shed
Forth the Almighty King of kings was led
As a little child in human form,
Bearing the mark of lowly born,

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