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Ode 19
Fantastic and not in harmony with the other Odes. The reference to a painless Virgin Birth is notable.
1A cup of milk was offered to me: and I drank it in the sweetness of the delight of the Lord.
2The Son is the cup, and He who was milked is the Father:
3 And the Holy Spirit milked Him: because His breasts were full, and it was necessary for Him that His milk should be sufficiently released;
4And the Holy Spirit opened His bosom and mingled the milk from the two breasts of the Father; and gave the mixture to the world without their knowing:
5And they who receive in its fulness are the ones on the right hand.
6The Spirit opened the womb of the Virgin and she received conception and brought forth; and the Virgin became a Mother with many mercies;
7And she travailed and brought forth a Son, without incurring pain;
8And because she was not sufficiently prepared, and she had not sought a midwife (for He brought her to bear) she brought forth, as if she were a man, of her own will;
9And she brought Him forth openly, and acquired Him with great dignity,
10And loved Him in His swaddling clothes and guarded Him kindly, and showed Him in Majesty. Hallelujah.