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First Line: Lo, in the east a star! The orient shade
Last Line: Still brightening kindles faith, lo, in the east a star!
Subject(s): Christianity; Christmas; Jesus Christ; Nativity, The


LO, in the East a star! the orient shade,
Unfolding, utters Heaven's unwonted gleam;
And now the holy light its gracious beam
Rests o'er the place where the young Child is laid.
Behold, the wise men come,—with gifts arrayed,
Gold, myrrh, frankincense,—while on Bethlehem's plain
The shepherds catch, enraptured though afraid,
Of heaven's bright host the life-assuring strain.
Death, in the shadow of his valley's gloom,
Apparent king, hears the glad sound,—and dies;—
'Immortal life!' shouts the re-opening tomb,—
'Immortal life!' the exulting host replies!
Nature's long doubt is solved; that light from far
Still brightening kindles faith, lo, in the East a star!





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