Browse Carols: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z # The Quest Of The Three Kings 1. From silver gates of Ecbatoun, O camel bells across the sand! King Gaspar rides in golden crown To seek his King in Judah land; With orient pearls and gem wrought rings His slaves are laden with the store; He rides apace; the King of kings Shall have his homage evermore. O filii et filiae, Sing "Christe Rex sanctissime!" 2. On mystic Egypt's great highway, Clang oars a-down the old Nile stream! Balthasar sleeps, his boatmen gay Break with their songs the speel of dream; O'er moonlit waters flashed a Thing Star sign of birth: "I go," he saith, "To seek my chief; the world's true King Shall hear my homage and my faith." O filii et filiae, Sing, "Ex Egypto parvule!" 3. From towers of silent Ipsobar, O signal fires across the plain! Sage Melchoir sights the magic Star Which tells how kingdoms wax and wane; How Power and Might are passing things And only Wisdom heaven's true breath: So forth he fares; the King of kings Shall have his homage unto death. O filii et filiae, Sing "Stella Sapientiae!" 4. Three kings they came star-led of yore, O angel-song across the snow! Balthasar, Gaspar, Melchior, To seek the King of Kings, and lo! O'er Bethlehem fields by God's good grace The Pilgrim-star is stayed, and there In childhood's guise they see the Face Of Him the altogether Fair. O filii et filiae, Sing "Jesu dilectissime!" 5. The quest is found, they kneel them down, O Christmas bells across the sea! A little child their King they own, Of lofty, lowly mystery! And gold for kingship, myrrh for pain, O by those mystic emblems deign, Jesu, that we by Thee may live! O filii et filiae, Sing "Gloria tibi Domine!" Browse Carols: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z #