Adoration of the Magi

Title: The Nativity play, or, Christmas cantata, Author: Gabriel A. Healy, Publisher: D. & J. Sadlier & Company, 1885, Original from: Harvard University. Digitized: Nov 5, 2008. Length 84 pages

REV. GABRIEL A. HEALY, Rector of St. Bernard's Church, ISIew YorK. NEW YORK: D. & J. SADLIER & COMPANY. 31 And 33 Barclay Street. 1885.

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THE MAGI ARRIVE AT THE CRIB.

FIRST KING.

We three kings of Orient are
Bearing gifts, we travel afar,
Moor and mountain, field and fountain,
Following yonder star.

SECOND KING.

Oh ! star of wonder, star of night,
Star with royal beauty bright,
Westward leading, still proceeding,
Guide us to thy perfect light.

FIRST KING.

Gold I bring to crown Thee king,
King forever, ceasing never, o'er us all to reign.

SECOND KING.

Frankincense to offer have I,
Incense owns a deity nigh,
Prayer and praising all men raising,
Worship Him, God on high.

THIRD KING.

Myrrh is mine, its bitter perfume
Breathes a life of gathering gloom,
Sorrowing, sighing, bleeding, dying,
Sealed in the stone-cold tomb.