====== We Three Kings of Orient Are ======

**Alt Title**: The Quest of the Magi
===== Lyrics =====

1. We three kings of Orient are;\\
bearing gifts we traverse afar,\\
field and fountain, moor and mountain,\\
following yonder star.

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.

O star of wonder, star of night,\\
star with royal beauty bright,\\
westward leading, still proceeding,\\
guide us to thy perfect light.

3. Frankincense to offer have I;\\
incense owns a Deity nigh;\\
prayer and praising, voices raising,\\
worshiping God on high.

O star of wonder, star of night,\\
star with royal beauty bright,\\
westward leading, still proceeding,\\
guide us to thy perfect light.

4. Myrrh is mine; its bitter perfume\\
breathes a life of gathering gloom;\\
sorrowing, sighing, bleeding, dying,\\
sealed in the stone-cold tomb.

O star of wonder, star of night,\\
star with royal beauty bright,\\
westward leading, still proceeding,\\
guide us to thy perfect light.

5. Glorious now behold him arise;\\
King and God and sacrifice;\\
Alleluia, Alleluia,\\
sounds through the earth and skies.

O star of wonder, star of night,\\
star with royal beauty bright,\\
westward leading, still proceeding,\\
guide us to thy perfect light.

**By:** John Henry Hopkins Jr
==== Music & Performance ====

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[[https://musescore.com/user/6207241/scores/1502491|Source]]

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===== Background =====

**Origin:** Williamsport, Pennsylvania, United States of America\\
**First Published:** 1857
===== More Information =====

[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Three_Kings|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Three_Kings]]

[[https://hymnary.org/text/we_three_kings_of_orient_are|https://hymnary.org/text/we_three_kings_of_orient_are]]