Nahum Tate
Nahum Tate (1652 – 30 July 1715) was an Irish poet, hymnist, and lyricist, who became England's poet laureate in 1692.
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“The heavenly Babe you there shall find
To human view displayed,
All meanly wrapped in swaddling bands
And in a manger laid.”
—Nahum Tate (1652–1715)
“The dull conclave of crows’-footed faces
Twitches as the man with one dollar enters;
It moves a soilured delicate hand, as if
Displaying a marketable emotion on a string.”
—Allen Tate (1899–1979)