Earth Has Many a Noble City

Earth has ma­ny a no­ble ci­ty;

Bethlehem

thou dost all ex­cel;

Out of thee the Lord from Heav­en

Came to rule His Is­ra­el.

Fairer than the sun at morn­ing

Was the star that told His birth

To the world its God an­nounc­ing

Seen in flesh­ly form on earth.

Eastern sag­es at His cra­dle

Make obla­tions rich and rare;

See them give

in deep de­vo­tion

Gold and frank­in­cense and myrrh.

Sacred gifts of mys­tic mean­ing:

Incense doth their God dis­close

Gold the King of kings pro­claim­eth

Myrrh His se­pul­cher fore­shows.

Jesu

whom the Gen­tiles wor­shiped

At Thy glad Epi­pha­ny

Unto Thee

with God the Fa­ther

And the Spir­it

glo­ry be.