1 Earth has many a noble city;
Bethl'hem, thou dost all excel:
out of thee the Lord from heaven
came to rule his Israel.
2 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.
3 Eastern sages at his cradle
make oblations rich and rare;
see them give in deep devotion,
gold and frankincense and myrrh.
4 Sacred gifts of mystic meaning:
incense doth their God disclose,
gold the King of kings proclaimeth,
myrrh his sepulcher foreshows.
5 Jesu, whom the Gentiles worshipped at thy glad Epiphany, unto thee with God the Father and the Spirit glory be.
Stuttgart "Earth Has Many a Noble City"
The Priory Singers, Belfast, Belfast · Philip Stopford, Organ, and Harry Grindle, Director
Album: Hymns of Love, Hope & Joy
Copyright: ℗ 2006 Priory Records
Released: 2006-01-11
Composer: Christian Friedrich Witt
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