On the Fourth Day of Christmas…

“The Massacre of the Innocents,” by Leon Cogniet (1794-1880).

The Holy Innocents

God be with all the children suffering under the threat of tyranny, warfare, and abuse in this and every age.

Herod the king, in his raging,
Chargèd he hath this day
His men of might in his own sight
All young children to slay.

— from the Coventry Carol

 

 

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