Classic Poem

Then , Balthazar, Melchior, Gaspar—Magian Kings,
With gorgeous vases where enamels glow,
And silver, and by camels followed, go
As in the bodied, old imaginings.

From the far East they bear their offerings
To that divine One born to suage the woe
Of man and beast who suffer here below.
Their robes beflowered a page upbearing brings.

Where Joseph waits them at the stable's door,
With Chieftain's crown they bend the Child before,
Who laughs and eyes them with admiring mien.

So, when Augustus ruled in time of old,
The royal Magians from afar were seen
Presenting precious incense, myrrh, and gold.