Isaac Watts (1674–1748) English hymnwriter, theologian and logician
Source: Attributed from postum publications, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 520.
“How shall we celebrate the day,
When God appeared in mortal clay,
The mark of worldly scorn;
When the Archangel's heavenly Lays,
Attempted the Redeemer's Praise,
And hail'd Salvation's Morn!”
"A Hymn for Christmas Day", line 13.
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When God appeared in mortal clay,
The mark of worldly scorn;
When the Archangel's he…" by Thomas Chatterton?
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Elle n'en veut qu'aux dieux, et non pas aux mortels.
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Referring to the early Christian church.
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