Text: | We Three Kings |
Author: | John H. Hopkins, Jr. |
Tune: | KINGS OF ORIENT |
Composer: | John H. Hopkins, Jr. |
Media: | Audio recording |
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 light,
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, 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 | |
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First Line: | We three kings of Orient are |
Title: | We Three Kings |
Author: | John H. Hopkins, Jr. (1857) |
Refrain First Line: | O star of wonder, star of light |
Meter: | 88.446 with Refrain |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1989 |
Scripture: | |
Topic: | Christ's Gracious Life: Birth and Baptism; Christian Year: Christmas; Christian Year: Epiphany(1 more...) |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | KINGS OF ORIENT |
Composer: | John H. Hopkins, Jr. (1857) |
Meter: | 88.446 with Refrain |
Key: | e minor |
Key: | G Major |
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Audio recording: | ![]() |