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CHRISTMAS


This stable is a Prince's court,
   The crib his chair of state;
The beasts are parcel of his pomp,
   The wooden dish his plate.

The persons in that poor attire
   His royal liveries wear;
The Prince himself is come from heaven:
   This pomp is praisèd there.

With joy approach, O Christian wight!
   Do homage to thy King;
And highly praise this humble pomp,
   Which he from heaven doth bring.



THE THREE KINGS

Three Kings came riding from far away,
   Melchior and Caspar and Baltasar;
Three Wise Men out of the East were they,
And they traveled by night and they slept by day,
   For their guide was a beautiful, wonderful star.

The star was so beautiful, large and clear,
   That all the other stars of the sky
Became a white mist in the atmosphere;