A most beau­ti­ful star burst out one night,
And it shone with such splen­dor and ho­ly de­light,
That wise men from the East, a coun­try afar,
Beheld with great joy that dear beau­ti­ful star.

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Like a ra­di­ant gem it shone up­on them,
And led them re­joic­ing to Beth­le­hem;
And the sto­ry it told, more pre­cious than gold,
Will ev­er to glo­ry the way un­fold.

’Twas a Sav­ior they sought, ’twas a Sav­ior they found,
And they told the glad sto­ry the coun­try around;
Shall not we be as wise as those from afar,
And fol­low the beams of the beau­ti­ful star?

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That bright Beth­le­hem star is shin­ing yet;
It arose in its beau­ty, but ne­ver will set;
For the time draw­eth nigh when na­tions afar
Shall walk in the light of that beau­ti­ful star.

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