The Condensed Vocal Parts to the Carols for Christmas-tide set to Ancient Melodies by the Rev. T. Helmore ... The words, principally in imitation of the original, by the Rev. J. M. Neale |
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| X. | X. “O'er the hill and o'er the vale.”
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X. “O'er the hill and o'er the vale.”
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O'er the hill and o'er the vale,Come three Kings together,
Caring nought for snow and hail,
Cold and wind and weather;
Now on Persia's sandy plains,
Now where Tigris swells with rains,
They their Camels tether:
Now through Syrian lands they go,
Now through Moab, faint and slow,
Now o'er Edom's heather.
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O'er the hill and o'er the vale,Each King bears a present:
Wise men go a Child to hail,
Monarchs seek a Peasant:
And a star in front proceeds,
Over rocks and rivers leads,
Shines with beams incessant:
Therefore onward, onward still!
Ford the stream and climb the hill:
Love makes all things pleasant.
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He is God ye go to meet:Therefore incense proffer:
He is King ye go to greet;
Gold is in your coffer.
Also man, He comes to share
Ev'ry woe that man can bear;
Tempter, Railer, Scoffer:
Therefore now, against the day,
In the grave when Him they lay,
Myrrh ye also offer.
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