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Text:We Three Kings of Orient Are
Author:John H. Hopkins Jr., 1820-1891
Tune:KINGS OF ORIENT
Composer:John H. Hopkins Jr., 1820-1891

161. We Three Kings of Orient Are

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 praying, voices raising,
worshiping 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]

Text Information
First Line: We three kings of Orient are
Title: We Three Kings of Orient Are
Author: John H. Hopkins Jr., 1820-1891 (alt.)
Refrain First Line: O star of wonder, star of night
Meter: 8.8.8.6.Ref.
Language: English
Publication Date: 2015
Topic: Christmas
Tune Information
Name: KINGS OF ORIENT
Composer: John H. Hopkins Jr., 1820-1891
Meter: 8.8.8.6.Ref.
Key: e minor



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