The Star of Bethlehem

It was the eve of Christmas

The snow lay deep and white

I sat beside my window

And looked into the night

I heard the church bells ringing

I saw the bright stars shine

And childhood came again to me

With all its dreams divine

Then as I listened to the bells

And watched the skies afar

Out of the east majestical

There rose one radiant star

And every other star grew pale

Before that heavenly glow

It seemed to bid me follow

And I could not choose but go

It seemed to bid me follow

And I could not choose but go

And then methought as faded

I rose as on on wings

Beyond the waste of ruined lives

The press of human things

Above the toil and shadow

Above the want and woe

My old self, and its darkness

Seemed left on earth below

And onward upward rose the star

Until it seemed to me

It flashed upon the golden gate

And o'er the crystal sea

And then the gate rolled backwards

I stood where angels trod

It was the star

The star of Bethlehem

Had led me up to God

The star, the star

Had led me up to God