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We three kings of Orient are:
bearing gifts we traverse afar
field and fountain, moor and mountain,
following yonder star.
Oh, Star of wonder, star of night,
star with royal beauty bright,
westward leading, still proceeding,
guide us to thy perfect light.
Born a king on Bethlehem plain,
gold I bring to crown Him again:
King for ever, ceasing never,
over us all to reign.
Oh, Star of wonder, star of night,
star with royal beauty bright,
westward leading, still proceeding,
guide us to thy perfect light.
Frankincense to offer have I,
Incense owns a Deity nigh.
Pray’r and praising all be raising,
worship Him, God most high.
Oh, Star of wonder, star of night,
star with royal beauty bright,
westward leading, still proceeding,
guide us to thy perfect light.
Myrrh is mine, its bitter perfume
breathes a life of gathering gloom;
sorr’wing, sighing, bleeding, dying,
sealed in the stone cold tomb.
Oh, Star of wonder, star of night,
star with royal beauty bright,
westward leading, still proceeding,
guide us to thy perfect light.
Glorious now behold Him arise,
King and God and sacrifice.
‘Alleluia, alleluia!’,
earth to the heav’n replies.
Oh, Star of wonder, star of night,
star with royal beauty bright,
westward leading, still proceeding,
guide us to thy perfect light.
J.H.Hopkins (1857)
Added: 31 December 2020
Organ: Moseley