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Star of the east now shin­ing
In the az­ure sky,
Star bright­ly gleam as by
The pro­phets long fore­told;
Come, shep­herds, come and hast­en
O’er the east­ern plain,
Your in­cense rare and jew­els fair
At the feet of the King un­fold.

Yes, we glad­ly come and fol­low
Where the star is lead­ing,
Long, so long, we’ve watched and wait­ed
For its won­drous gleam­ing,
Hail the Prince of Peace,
The Sav­ior pro­mised to the sag­es,
Hail Im­ma­nu­el Mes­si­ah
Born in Beth­le­hem.

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Still the star beams on and beck­ons
To the won­drous Sav­ior;
Still it leads the way to where
The Prince of Peace is sleep­ing;
Shine, O won­drous star, through­out
The glo­ri­ous com­ing ag­es,
Till we all with Him shall reign
In peace for­ev­er­more.

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