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Bethlehem that night, Taught by an Angel bright. While men lay fast asleep, The shepherd party ran To own Him God and man, True Shepherd of His sheep. Babe there they worship Him That rides the Cherubim: Where ox and ass be driven, Incarnate there they find The Maker of mankind: To Him be glory given!

With strange and wondrous ways The Magi saw the rays Of one new-lighted Star. Star heretofore so sheen Their eyes had never seen: It shone from heav'n afar, And signified the birth Of Christ a King on earth: And rightly so they reckon'd; To save mankind forlorn This royal Babe was born, Whose Star to Bethlem beckon'd.

'The new-born Bairn, where may He be, King Herod, say, Whose comet was aglow: