Star of Bethlehem

When marshall'd on the nightly plain

p. 40
Key G major
Singing key F major
Time 6/8
1 stanzas

Words

When marshall'd on the nightly plain,
The glittering hosts bestud the sky,
One star alone, of all the train,
Can fix the sinner's wandering eye:
Hark! hark! to God the chorus breaks,
From ev'ry host, from ev'ry gem;
But one alone, the Savior speaks,
It is the star of Bethlehem.

Notes: "marshall'd", "ev'ry", "Savior" as printed. Line breaks follow the verse (8 lines of L. M.); no meter is printed on the page. The printed ending labels are "1st time." and "2d time."; "D. C." is printed at the final bar.

About this hymn

As printed As printed: one stanza only, laid out in three text lines under the two staves of systems 1–2 (lines 1–2 under the treble, line 3 under the bass) and one line under systems 3–4; the form is ‖: A :‖ B D.C., so the text runs: line 1 (first time), line 2 (second time), B, then line 3 on the D.C.