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When Jesus Christ was four years old, / The angels brought Him toys of gold, / Which no man ever had bought or sold.
And yet with these He would not play.
He made Him small fowl out of clay, / And blessed them till they flew away: / _Tu creasti Domine_.
Jesus Christ, Thou child so wise, / Bless mine hands and fill mine eyes, / And bring my soul to Paradise.