The Burning Babe-Sting

[ti:The Burning Babe]
[ar:Sting]
[al:If On A Winter's Night]
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[00:00.00]The Burning Babe - Sting
[00:10.42]As I in hoary winter's night
[00:12.84]Stood shivering in the snow
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[00:15.43]Surprised I was with sudden heat
[00:17.97]Which made my heart to glow;
[00:20.73]And lifting up a fearful eye
[00:23.16]To view what fire was near
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[00:25.83]A pretty babe all burning bright
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[00:28.41]Did in the air appear;
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[00:31.03]Who scorched with excessive heat
[00:33.53]Such floods of tears did shed
[00:36.01]As though His floods
[00:37.38]Should quench His flames
[00:38.72]Which with His tears were bred:
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[00:41.41]'Alas ' quoth He 'but newly born
[00:43.87]In fiery heats I fry
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[00:46.50]Yet none approach to warm their hearts
[00:49.06]Or feel my fire but I
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[01:15.55]'My faultless breast the furnace is;
[01:18.01]The fuel wounding thorns;
[01:20.54]Love is the fire and sighs the smoke;
[01:23.35]The ashes shames and scorns;
[01:25.87]The fuel Justice layeth on
[01:28.38]And Mercy blows the coals
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[01:31.02]The metal in this furnace wrought
[01:33.48]Are men's defiled souls:
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[01:36.22]For which as now on fire I am
[01:38.91]To work them to their good
[01:41.25]So will I melt into a bath
[01:44.02]To wash them in my blood '
[01:46.44]With this He vanish'd out of sight
[01:49.07]And swiftly shrunk away
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[01:51.61]And straight I called unto mind
[01:54.16]That it was Christmas Day