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To seek the Babe of Bethlehem, Three Kings of Orient came; Wise Baltasar and Melchior, With Gaspar, great in fame. Across the lonely desert They took their trackless way, To find their King and worship Him That wondrous Christmas Day. A heav’nly guide their Lord did send, A radiant jewel-star, Serene and bright it journey’d on, And sent its rays afar. Around the shepherds as they lay, It shed its glorious light; The angels came in multitude, And fill’d the sky of night. “Good-will,” they sang, “to ev’ry man And glory in the height.”