{"collection":"scripture-revelation","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/wikisource_The_Reciter_The_star_of_Bethlehem/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/wikisource_The_Reciter_The_star_of_Bethlehem","id":"wikisource_The_Reciter_The_star_of_Bethlehem","license":"Public Domain / CC-BY-SA (see source)","rights_basis":"wikisource_site_inclusion_policy","source":"wikisource","source_url":"https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Reciter/The_star_of_Bethlehem","summary":null,"tags":["Chapbooks","Headers_applying_DefaultSort_key","Pages_with_contributor","Religion","Scottish_poetry","Subpages","Travel","Works_using_categories_parameter"],"text":"\u2014\u2014\u2014\n\nTHE STAR OF BETHLEHEM.\n\nWhen marshall'd on the mighty plain,\n\nThe glittering host bestud the sky;\n\nOne star alone, of all the train,\n\nCan fix the sinner's wandering eye.\n\nHark! hark! to God the chorus breaks,\n\nFrom every host, from every gem;\n\nBut one alone the Saviour speaks,\n\nIt is the star of Bethlehem.\n\nOnce on the raging seas I rode,\n\nThe storm was loud-the night was dark.\n\nThe ocean yawn'd---and rudely blow'd\n\nThe wind that toss'd my foundering bark.\n\nDeep horror then my vitals froze,\n\nDeath-struck, I ceas'd the tide to stem;\n\nWhen suddenly a star arose,\u2014\n\nIt was the star of Bethlehem.\n\nIt was my guide, my light, my all,\n\nIt bade my dark forebodings cease;\n\nAnd, through the storm and danger's thrall,\n\nIt led me to the port of peace.\n\nNow safely moor'd\u2014my perils o'er,\n\nI'll sing, first in night's diadem\n\nFor ever and for evermore,\n\nThe Star!\u2014The Star of Bethlehem!","title":"The Reciter/The star of Bethlehem","tradition":"scripture-revelation","translated_text":null,"word_count":155}