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Y name is Kaspar. I the incense bear. The glamour of the Star has made me wise. I say that love is vaster than the skies. And God exists. And Life is pure and fair.

—My name is Melchior. And my myrrh scents all. There is God. He is the light of morn. The fairest blossoms from the dust are born, And joy is shadowed by a threatful pall.

—My name is Balthasar. I bring a wreath Of Orient gold, my gift. I come to say That God exists. I know all by the ray Of starry light upon the crown of Death.

—Balthasar, Melchior, Kaspar, be ye still. Love triumphs and has bid you to his feast. Radiance has filled the void, the night has ceased: Wearing Life's crown, Christ comes to work His Will!

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