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Chicago Ledger, v. XXXIV, no. 50, Saturday, December 15, 1906.
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Chicago Ledger, v. XXXIV, no. 50, Saturday, December 15, 1906.
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Nesbit, Wilbur D. (Wilbur Dick), 1871-1927.
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2 October 2018
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Newspaper
Language
English
Publish Date
1906-12-15
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Chicago, Ill. : W. D. Boyce Company
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Dime Novel and Popular Literature
Alternate Title
The Wise men / by W. D. Nesbit.
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Popular literature
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NO. 50. CHICAGO, ILL., SATURDAY, DECEIIBER 15, 1906. Caspar, Welchior, ‘Balthasar-' ‘ Yhree wise men, came from afar Which swung over Bethlehem. Jlelchior in his hands brought gold. Caspar, spices rare and 0 , h . ‘ 5Baltha.sar brought myrrh-’Tis told In the legends wrought of them. (Aye. three wise men from the east, ch urged on his plodding beast: Gazing at the sky cloud fleeced; Crossed the desert bleak and wild; In strange costly garments cla ting songs serene and glad ' >For that in their amts they Gifts to heap before a child. ‘Ihey came through the city wall, Minding not the ‘watchman’: call; ‘Ihey but knew that they must fall Worshiping, upon their knees, By W. D. ZVESBXT. ‘ Led by that most wondrous star . . , ’ , When they in -their journeyrcame I. gWhere the dotonflung starry fiame ' . Showed them Him they could not name; ' Wisest of all ‘liaise men, these. ‘Caspar, Melchior, Balthasar- Three wise men from lands afar- Sahz and knew the mystic star ‘ Blazing over‘ Bethlehem; Out upon the pathless sands ‘They fared from their distant lands With rare gifts held in their hands, Spices, gold, and kingly gems. So today ‘we that are wise See the new star in the skies Echoed in the children ’s eyes As unsullied souls that shine- j We bring gifts, for thus ‘nae show t in our ‘wise hearts ‘nae know, As two thousand years ago, Childhood is a thing divine. L.’ ..L.‘... -.. - 1 1 ‘-
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