Over a city shin­eth at night
Marvelous white­ness, won­drous­ly bright!
Never such star­light glit­tered before—
See how it hov­ers ov­er yon door!

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Star of ful­fill­ment! Beau­ti­ful star!
Lighting the man­ger, seen from afar;
Beacon from Hea­ven, sign of the King,
Light out of dark­ness, earth­ward you bring.

Not o’er a pal­ace shin­eth this light;
Not o’er a tem­ple, fair to the sight.
No, this bright bea­con shin­eth so fair,
Over a sta­ble—low in the air.

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Over a sta­ble? how can it be!
Go with the shep­herds; hast­en and see!
Enter the sta­ble, bend and ad­ore
Jesus the In­fant—King ev­er­more!

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