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Excerpt from The Three Kings: And Other Verses for Children And while their camels drink and rest, They spend the time in prayer, And grave communion, each with each, About the wondrous star; For all had traced its splendid gleam Across the desert far. Said Melchior, Such a star before Has ne'er been seen on earth It's rays must surely herald now Some mighty monarch's birth; And so, a worthy offering, I hither with me bring, An offering of yellow gold For earth's most mighty King. But Balthasar spoke up. And said. The star sends beams abroad So radiantly, I feel 'tis sent To greet some earth-born God: This box of fragrant frankincense. My tribute then shall be. Sweet sacrifice to offer to Incarnate Deity. Quoth Kaspar. Long and world has groaned sickness. Sin. And death; I cried when first I saw its light. 'a Healer draws His breath!' I searched my kingdom o er to find Some gift that would be meet; This healing myrrh I'll lay before The great Physician's feet. How. Now, we cannot all be right, Cried Melchior, once again; For if this babe be mighty King. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.