The Incarnation (second poem)

GOD then summoned the archangel
Holy Gabriel — him He sent
To the Blessed Virgin Mary
To obtain the maid's consent.

She consented : in that instant
The mysterious work was done,
And the Trinity a body
Wrought and fashioned for the Son.
In this wondrous operation,
Though the Sacred Three concurred.
He who in the womb of Mary
Was incarnate, is the Word.

He Who had a Father only
Had a Mother also then :
But it was in other fashion
Than the manner is of men.

In the womb of Holy Mary
He His flesh did then receive :
So the Son of God Most Highest
We the Son of Man believe.