Text: | Earth has many a noble city |
Author: | Aurelius Clemens Prudentius, 348-c. 413 |
Paraphraser: | Edward Caswall, 1814-78 |
Tune: | STUTTGART |
1 Earth has many a noble city -
Bethlehem alone excels:
from it came the Lord from heaven,
came to rule his Israel.
2 Fairer than the sun at morning
was the star that told his birth,
to the world its God announcing
seen in human form on earth.
3 Eastern sages at his cradle
make their offerings rich and rare;
see them give in deep devotion,
gold and frankincense and myrrh:
4 sacred gifts of mystic meaning -
frankincense to God disclose,
gold the King of kings proclaiming,
myrrh his sepulcher foreshows.
5 Jesus, whom the gentiles worshipped
at your glad epiphany,
now to you with God the Father
and the Spirit glory be.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Earth has many a noble city |
Author: | Aurelius Clemens Prudentius, 348-c. 413 |
Paraphraser: | Edward Caswall, 1814-78 (alt.) |
Meter: | 87.87 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1999 |
Scripture: | ; |
Topic: | Epiphany; Jesus Christ: Incarnation |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | STUTTGART |
Meter: | 87.87 |
Key: | F Major |
Source: | Melody adapted from a chorale in 'Psalmodia Sacra', Gotha, 1715 |
Notes: | A different arrangement will be found at No. 349 |