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MELCHIOR.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Hail to thee, King of Jerusalem!

Though humbly born in Bethlehem,

A sceptre and a diadem

Await thy brow and hand!

The sceptre is a simple reed,

The crown will make thy temples bleed,

And in thine hour of greatest need,

Abashed thy subjects stand!