A Virgin Did Come Lyrics

1. A Virgin did come from lowliest home,
And shelter she fain in a manger would find;
For full was the inn, and no room was within,
Save where to the stalls the mute oxen they bind.

[Refrain:]
O how wondrous the love and the deep humility
Of Him who was laid in the manger for me.

2. That Babe was a King, mystic gifts, lo, they bring,
Sure tokens they were of some great One to be;
To Bethlehem led, Eastern sages have sped
From afar "The Desire of all Nations" to see. [Refrain]

3. Accomplished their hope, their treasures they ope-
Gold, frankincense, myrrh, to that Infant they brought,
Gifts costly and rare, full of meaning they were,
Thou not yet unveiled were the great truths they taught. [Refrain]

4. No tokens of state round that Royal Babe wait,
Seeming least, and yet greatest of monarchs was He;
But in reverence low, princely Magi did bow,
As though they divined all His true dignity. [Refrain]