The Three Kings of Cologne
Geoffrey Grigson examines the treatment, by artists and poets, of the "three wise men" of Christian scripture.
Mary mother, I am thy child,
Though I be laid in stall;
Lordes and dukes shall worsship me
And so shall kinges all.
Ye shall well see that kinges three
Shall come the twelfthe day.
For this behest yeve me thy brest,
And sing, By, by, lullay.
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