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1916.
_The Babe was laid in the Manger / Between the gentle kine -- / All safe from cold and danger -- _ / 'But it was not so with mine. / (With mine! With mine! ) / 'Is it well with the child, is it well? ' / The waiting mother prayed. / 'For I know not how he fell, / And I know not where he is laid.'