Sunday, January 4, 2015

The Rebel Black Dot Song of the Eleventh Day of Christmas
Sufjan Stevens, "We Three Kings" from Songs for Christmas (T.L.A.M.)

Commentary: "We Three Kings of Orient Are" might just be my favorite Christmas carol &, as a Gentile, the quest of the Magi is one of my favorite parts of the Nativity.

"We three kings of Orient are,
Bearing gifts we traverse afar,
Field and fountain, moor and mountain,
Following yonder star.

"O star of wonder! Star of night!
Star with royal beauty bright!
Westward leading, still proceeding,
Guide us to thy perfect light.

"Glorious now behold Him arise,
King and God and sacrifice,
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Earth to Heaven replies…"

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