The Olive Tree Carol (verse)
Eden, Helen Parry
The Olive Tree Carol Arise, Jerusalem, be lit, For look. He comes—thy Light! The world is dark, but thou hast day, The Three Wise Men are on their way From Persia, with a great array They...
...Lift up, lift up thy silver shoot, Strow down, strow down thy golden fruit, For Christ is born of Jesse's root In Bethlehem now...
...0 wild-borne bough...
...O wild-borne bough...
...Lift up, lift up thy silver shoot, Strow down, strow down thy golden fruit, For Christ is bora of Jesse's root In Bethlehem now...
...The world is dark, but thou hast day, The Three Wise Men are on their way From Persia, with a great array They travel through the night...
...O lift thine eyes and look around, See where they come, and whence...
...Dixit Apostolus Saint Paul, the apostle, he said thus— "The wild olive shall grafted be Into the goodly olive tree...
...Lift up, lift up thy silver shoot, Strow down, strow down thy golden fruit, For Christ is born of Jesse's root In Bethlehem now...
...The tide is turning, and behold The world flocks westward as of old, Led by its wisest, with their gold And myrrh, and frankincense...
...Helen Parry Eden...
...O Christ, the shepherds found Thee first, But we come very far...
...O wild-borne bough...
...They had an angel nigh at hand And a plain speech to understandBut we were kings in our own land And left it for a star...
...Dixit Apostolus Saint Paul, the apostle, he said thu9— 'The wild olive shall grafted be Into the goodly olive tree...
...Dixit Apostolus Saint Paul, the apostle, he said thus— "The wild olive shall grafted be Into the goodly olive tree...
Vol. 3 • December 1925 • No. 7
