Note 31 — VI YOUNG GERMANY (continued 4)
Mary Morison translation
The three holy kings from the Eastern land Inquired in every city: Where is the road to Bethlehem, Ye boys and maidens pretty? The young and the old, they could not tell, The kings went onward discreetly; They followed the track of a golden star, That sparkled brightly and sweetly. The star stood still over Joseph's house And they entered the dwelling lowly, The oxen bellowed, the infant cried, While sang the three kings holy. (BOWRING.)