Life and light for woman . VISIT OF THE WISE Vol. XXIX. DECEMBER, 1899. No. 12. THE WISE MEN. Lord Babe, if thou art heWe sought for patientlyWhere is thy court?Hither may prophecy and star resort;Men heed not their report/ Bow down and worship, righteousman:This infant of a spanIs the man sought for since the w^orldbegan I**Then, Lord, accept my gold, too base athingFor thee, of all kings King/ Lord Babe, despite thy youth,I hold thee of a truthBoth good and great;But w^herefore dost thou keep so mean a state—Low-lying, desolate? **Bow down and worship, righteousseer:The Lord our God is
Life and light for woman . VISIT OF THE WISE Vol. XXIX. DECEMBER, 1899. No. 12. THE WISE MEN. Lord Babe, if thou art heWe sought for patientlyWhere is thy court?Hither may prophecy and star resort;Men heed not their report/ Bow down and worship, righteousman:This infant of a spanIs the man sought for since the w^orldbegan I**Then, Lord, accept my gold, too base athingFor thee, of all kings King/ Lord Babe, despite thy youth,I hold thee of a truthBoth good and great;But w^herefore dost thou keep so mean a state—Low-lying, desolate? **Bow down and worship, righteousseer:The Lord our God is , who bids us all drawnear/** Wherefore to thee I offer sole Omnipotence/ But I have only broughtMyrrh: no wise afterthoughtInstructed me To gather pearls or gems, or, choice to or ivory/ ** Not least thine offering proves theew^ise;For myrrh means he that lives, this same is hethat dies/* Then here is myrrh; alas! yea, woe is meThat myrrn befitteth thee ! Myrrh, frankincense and gold;
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