THE LEGEND OF THE BABOUSHKA
A CHRISTMAS BALLAD
"There's a star in the East!" he cried,
Jasper, the gray, the wise,
To Melchior and to Balthazar
Up-gazing to the skies.
Jasper, the gray, the wise,
To Melchior and to Balthazar
Up-gazing to the skies.
"Last night from my high tower
I watched it as it burned,
While all my trembling soul
In awe and wonder yearned.
I watched it as it burned,
While all my trembling soul
In awe and wonder yearned.
"For I know the midnight heavens;
I can call the stars by name—
Orion and royal Ashtaroth.
And Cimah's misty flame.
I can call the stars by name—
Orion and royal Ashtaroth.
And Cimah's misty flame.
"I know where Hesper glows,
And where, with fiery eye,
Proud Mars in burning splendor leads
The armies of the sky.
And where, with fiery eye,
Proud Mars in burning splendor leads
The armies of the sky.
"But never have I seen
A star that shone like this—
The star so long foretold
By sage and seer it is!
A star that shone like this—
The star so long foretold
By sage and seer it is!
