175 | The Hymnbook#176 | 177 |
Text: | We Three Kings of Orient Are |
Author: | John H. Hopkins, Jr. |
Tune: | KINGS OF ORIENT |
Composer: | John H. Hopkins, Jr. |
1 We three kings of Orient are;
Bearing gifts we traverse afar,
Field and fountain, moor and mountain,
Following yonder star.
Refrain:
O star of wonder, star of night,
Star with royal beauty bright,
West ward leading, still proceeding,
Guide us to thy perfect Light.
2 Born a king on Bethlehem's plain,
Gold I bring to crown Him again,
King forever, ceasing never
Over us all to reign. [Refrain]
3 Frankincense to offer have I;
Incense owns a Deity nigh;
Prayer and praising all men raising,
Worship Him, God on high. [Refrain]
4 Myrrh is mine: its bitter perfume
Breathes a life of gathering gloom:
Sorrowing, sighing, bleeding, dying,
Sealed in the stone-cold tomb. [Refrain]
5 Glorious now behold Him arise,
King and God and Sacrifice;
Alleluia, Alleluia!
Sounds through the earth and skies. [Refrain]
Amen.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | We three kings of Orient are |
Title: | We Three Kings of Orient Are |
Author: | John H. Hopkins, Jr. (1857; alt.) |
Refrain First Line: | O star of wonder, star of night |
Meter: | 8. 8. 8. 6. with Refrain |
Publication Date: | 1955 |
Scripture: | |
Topic: | Christ: Epiphany; Christ: Resurrection; Star in the East(1 more...) |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | KINGS OF ORIENT |
Composer: | John H. Hopkins, Jr. (1857; alt.) |
Meter: | 8. 8. 8. 6. with Refrain |
Key: | e minor |