King of the Ivory Palace

Down came the King from pal­ace of white

Down to the earth

in dark­est of night;

Our world to sweet­en

lives to make bright

King of the Iv­ory Pal­ace has come!

Garments pro­claiming cas­sia’s bloom

Fragrant with aloe

myrrh’s dark per­fume;

Ye kings and princ­es

pre­pare Him room;

King of the Iv­ory Pal­ace has come.

How sad the world should ea­ger­ly wait

Pining

they watched the Beau­ti­ful Gate

Then turned away in an­ger and hate

When from the Iv­ory Palace He came.

The King re­turned to Heav­en again;

Leaving His peace and joy with men

And would the ho­ly Com­fort­er send

The King of iv­ory pal­ac­es said.

Our King has said that He’ll come again;

We know not how

nor nei­ther the when;

Watching and wait­ing

we’ll pray

and then

Up to the Iv­ory Pal­ace as­cend.