It Was Not Strange

It Was Not Strange

He came to be the light,

And so it was not strange

A blazing star should pencil

out his path

As heaven unfurled its glory

On the night!

Wise kings came from afar!

Could aught more fitting be

Than kneeling sovereigns to greet

The King of Kings, sweet baby

Of their star?

With staffs, and sandal-shod,

The shepherds came to search.

Such gentle men…it was not

strange that they

Should find in Bethlehem

The Lamb of God!

             - Esther Lloyd Hagg