When Marshaled on the Nightly Plain

 

VERSE 1

When, marshaled on the nightly plain,

The glittering hosts bestud the sky,

One star alone of all the train

Can fix the sinner’s wandering eye.

 

VERSE 2

Hark! hark! to God the chorus breaks,

From every host, from every gem;

But one alone the Savior speaks,

It is the Star of Bethlehem.

 

VERSE 3

Once on the raging seas I rode,

The storm was loud, the night was dark,

The ocean yawned, and rudely blowed

The wind that tossed my foundering bark.

 

VERSE 4

Deep horror then my vitals froze,

Death-struck, I ceased the tide to stem;

When suddenly a star arose,

It was the Star of Bethlehem.

 

VERSE 5

It was my guide, my light, my all;

It bade my dark forebodings cease;

And through the storm and danger’s thrall,

It led me to the port of peace.

 

VERSE 6

Now safely, moored, my perils o’er

I’ll sing, first in night’s diadem,

Forever and forevermore,

The star! The Star of Bethlehem!

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