Text: | We Three Kngs of Orient Are |
Author: | John H. Hopkins |
Tune: | KINGS OF ORIENT |
Composer: | John H. Hopkins |
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,
Westward 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!
Sound thro' the earth and skies. [Refrain]
Text Information | |
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First Line: | We three kings of Orient are |
Title: | We Three Kngs of Orient Are |
Author: | John H. Hopkins |
Refrain First Line: | O star of wonder, star of night |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1996 |
Scripture: | |
Topic: | Christmas; Epiphany; Story of Jesus(3 more...) |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | KINGS OF ORIENT |
Composer: | John H. Hopkins (1857) |
Key: | G Major |