Mirabile Dictu - Carol Ann Duffy

Mirabile Dictu
Ring out, ring out, the city bell.
So wonderful to tell -
sing out, sing out the Christams Tale
Mirabile Dictu

Mirabile Mirabile
Mirabile Dictu.
It holds, it holds us in its spell.
So wonderful to tell
the old, the gold, the Christmas Tale
Mirabile Dictu

Our joy, our joy we can not quell.
So wonderful to tell -
a boy, a girl, the Christmas Tale.
Mirabile Dictu.

A gift we cannot buy or sell.
So wonderful to tell -
uplift, uplift, the Christmas Tale.
Mirabile Dictu.

Ring out, ring out, the city bell.
So wonderful to tell -
sing out, sing out the Christams Tale
Mirabile Dictu.

copyright (c) Carol Ann Duffy

We recieved this on a Christmas card for St Ann's Hospice, the refrain picked out in the calligraphy pictured above.

Meanwhile Janet has also been blogging about Duffy's brilliant 12 Days of Christmas poem which is full of cultural reference to international and British politics and life.