On that first Christmas, long ago
They say a brilliant star shone forth.
It guided Magi on their way
to where the infant Jesus lay.

What was that star that shone that night?
was it a comet streaking by?
Perhaps two wanderers in the sky,
or else a star about to die.

Oh kindly light
that offered hope
You burned bright briefly
then were gone.

But a people in darkness
saw a bright new dawn
when a baby cried
that Christmas morn