They leave the land of gems and gold,
The shining
portals of the East;
For Him, the woman's Seed foretold,
They leave the
revel and the feast.
To earth their sceptres they have cast,
And crowns by
kings ancestral worn;
They track the lonely Syrian waste;
They kneel before
the Babe new born.
O happy eyes that saw Him first;
O happy lips that
kissed His feet:
Earth slakes at last her ancient thirst;
With Eden's joy
her pulses beat.
True kings are those who thus forsake
Their kingdoms for
the Eternal King;
Serpent, her foot is on thy neck;
Herod, thou
writhest, but canst not sting.
He, He is King, and He alone
Who lifts that
infant hand to bless;
Who makes His mother's knee His throne,
Yet rules the
starry wilderness.
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