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THE KINGS OF THE EAST by KATHARINE LEE BATES

Poet Analysis

First Line: THE KINGS OF THE EAST ARE RIDING
Last Line: THE CHILD-FACE OF A STAR.
Subject(s): CHRISTMAS; JESUS CHRIST; MAGI; NATIVITY, THE;

The Kings of the East are riding
Tonight to Bethlehem.
The sunset glows dividing,
The Kings of the East are riding;
A star their journey guiding,
Gleaming with gold and gem
The Kings of the East are riding
Tonight to Bethlehem.

There beams above the manger
The child-face of a star;
Amid the stars a stranger,
It beams above a manger;
What means this ether-ranger
To pause where poor folk are
There beams above a manger
The child-face of a star.



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