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'''The Innumerable Christ''', a poem in [[Scots]] by [[Hugh MacDiarmid]], is one of the most remarkable meditations on the theme of Christian redemption and other worlds:

'''The Innumerable Christ''', a poem in [[Scots]] by [[Hugh MacDiarmid]], is one of the most remarkable meditations on the theme of Christian redemption and other worlds:

Wha kens on whatna Bethlehems<br />Earth twinkles like a star the nicht,<br />An' whatna shepherds lift their heids<br />In its unearthly licht?<br /><br />'Yont a' the stars oor een can see<br />An' farther than their lichts can fly,<br />I' mony an unco warl' the nicht<br />The fatefu' bairnies cry.<br /><br />I' mony an unco warl' the nicht<br />The lift gaes black as pitch at noon,<br />An' sideways on their chests the heids<br />O' endless Christs roll doon.<br /><br />An' when the earth's as cauld's the mune<br />An' a' its folk are lang syne deid,<br />On coontless stars the Babe maun cry<br />An' the Crucified maun bleed.<ref>[http://www.signumrecords.com/catalogue/sigcd096/096Booklet_web.pdf A Web-hosted program] for the above. Requires PDF reader.</ref>

Wha kens on whatna Bethlehems<br />Earth twinkles like a star the nicht,<br />An' whatna shepherds lift their heids<br />In its unearthly licht?

 

'Yont a' the stars oor een can see<br />An' farther than their lichts can fly,<br />I' mony an unco warl' the nicht<br />The fatefu' bairnies cry.

 

I' mony an unco warl' the nicht<br />The lift gaes black as pitch at noon,<br />An' sideways on their chests the heids<br />O' endless Christs roll doon.

 

An' when the earth's as cauld's the mune<br />An' a' its folk are lang syne deid,<br />On coontless stars the Babe maun cry<br />An' the Crucified maun bleed.<ref>[http://www.signumrecords.com/catalogue/sigcd096/096Booklet_web.pdf A Web-hosted program] for the above. Requires PDF reader.</ref>

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