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What Star is This With Beams So Bright

from The Hopes & Fears of All the Years by Paul Demer

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Verse 1:
What star is this, with beams so bright,
more beauteous than the noonday light?
It shines to herald forth the King,
and Gentiles to his crib to bring.

Verse 2:
True spoke the prophet from afar
who told the rise of Jacob’s star;
and eastern sages with amaze
upon the wondrous token gaze.

Verse 3:
The guiding star above is bright;
within them shines a clearer light,
and leads them on with power benign
to seek the Giver of the sign.

Verse 4:
O Jesus, while the star of grace
impels us on to seek your face,
let not our slothful hearts refuse
the guidance of your light to use.

Verse 5:
To God the Father, heavenly Light,
to Christ revealed in earthly night,
to God the Holy Ghost we raise
our equal and unceasing praise.

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from The Hopes & Fears of All the Years, released November 10, 2023
Text: Charles Coffin (1736), translated by John Chandler
Tune: PUER NOBIS NASCITUR

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